TORFdot0

joined 2 years ago
[–] TORFdot0 2 points 2 weeks ago

Pokémon Generation 1 and 2. They story, gameplay, and mechanics are concise and not hand-hold-y, the designs are the ones I grew up with, they can easily be played on a phone emulator and have so many rom hacks that I never will totally experience everything they have to offer

[–] TORFdot0 4 points 2 weeks ago

Well put, I think at first as well I felt like the term was a bit immature and used a bit too liberally when it first started picking up steam in 2023.

It really does describe a phenomenon that is becoming so widespread that I’ve softened on it and embraced it (as long as it’s used correctly)

[–] TORFdot0 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure that there are serious vulnerabilities in the netcode of the original MW that makes playing it online on PC unsafe. I haven’t ever seen an authoritative source confirm it however the last time I tried to play it online probably 4 years ago. There were all sorts of malicious redirects when trying to join servers from the browser

[–] TORFdot0 2 points 2 weeks ago

I will always love United Offensive, it was the first game I ever played online. Modding the game got me into programming and managing servers led me to networking and got me to the career that I have today. I’m not a game pass subscriber but it would great for more people to be able to experience it

[–] TORFdot0 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Based off the team names this must be the most cursed division of all time. Let us know how the division winner does in the playoffs

[–] TORFdot0 2 points 2 weeks ago

Bridgy Fed exists to act as a bridge between AP and ATProto/blue sky if you want to use ATProto from Mastodon. Sadly, though, the bluesky user has to also follow the bridge for you to be able to see their posts from mastodon.

[–] TORFdot0 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hog barns or farrowing houses typically don't have high roofs and you can accommodate more pigs in the same amount of space.

It’s more of how things were engineered and for what uses. IE if the barn is also used for hay or equipment storage in addition to accommodating livestock

[–] TORFdot0 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

UBI would have some inflationary effects, but if you stuck it through, it would be less than the UBI payment in the first place.

The problem is getting people to stick to it because unfortunately, for Americans, if you give them $2000 a month in UBI but their purchasing power doesn’t go up by what they perceive as what $2000 is worth; they will punish you in the next election.

I think the expanded child tax credit in 2020 could be a good example to follow for what the roll out of UBI would look like. But we let it expire despite it lifting so many kids out of poverty even if just temporarily and freaked out about inflation so hard that I have my doubts that our American society would ever have the fortitude to be able to implement a permanent UBI

[–] TORFdot0 -1 points 3 weeks ago

Your instance. That’s what is great about the fediverse is that if there isn’t an instance that meets your needs, you can host that niche yourself and still have access to the same content (assuming you can stay on good terms with the other instances)

Personally I don’t have a problem with Lemmy.world’s moderation choices but if I did, I could always self host. But quite frankly if I had to face the risk of hosting an instance, I’d probably make a lot of similar choices

[–] TORFdot0 8 points 3 weeks ago

Funny you should mention that, the UHC killer killed 300 bugs in civ iv during his internship with the dev according to his resume.

Expect a knock on your door from the FBI tonight

[–] TORFdot0 2 points 3 weeks ago

Think of how stupid the average person is and now imagine how stupid they are if they are 5% less educated on average

[–] TORFdot0 3 points 3 weeks ago

I don’t know if I’ve seen split opinions on Naughty Dog Crash games. It’s pretty much always been praised. Post Naughty Dog is a different story as well.

I think I like the author’s point of comparing the nostalgia most gamers feel for series like Crash Bandicoot compared to the nostalgia that modern day viral games will bring Zoomers and Gen Alpha but I also can’t help but be deeply offended by it.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by TORFdot0 to c/retrogaming
 

As a big Zelda hater as a kid, I skipped the series completely. I’ve been going through to experience them all in order now. I really enjoyed the first two games of the series so I expected to like this one too. What I didn’t expect is was that it really is one of the best games on the Super Nintendo if not one of the best games of all-time.

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AppleTV+ 2024 Reccomendations? (self.apple_enthusiast)
submitted 11 months ago by TORFdot0 to c/apple_enthusiast
 

We recently subscribed to AppleTV+ (you get a pretty decent trial from just download the app on a playstation by the way). And are looking for exclusives to watch on the service. Of course everyone recommends Ted Lasso and we have started that. My wife, has already watched through "The Morning Show" and liked it.

Especially looking for good movie suggestions as those don't require as much of a time investment for me.

What does everyone on Lemmy watch on the service?

 

Do you self-host it using FOSS tools? Use Wordpress? Design your own using PHP frameworks such as laravel? Just curious what those that do it use?

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NFL Playoffs Megathread (self.fantasyfootball)
submitted 1 year ago by TORFdot0 to c/fantasyfootball
 

I'm creating a megathread just in case anyone wants to discuss what's happening in the playoffs for daily fantasy, injury, or whatever kind of news is relevant to our community. Hope you team made the playoffs. I'm rooting for a Lions - Browns Super Bowl!

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How did you do this season? (self.fantasyfootball)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TORFdot0 to c/fantasyfootball
 

Well, the 2023 season is now in the books. Congrats to [email protected] for winning our community league!

How did everyone in this community finish in their other leagues? I hope to hear that we have a lot of championship winners!

 

I’m really intrigued by the video, and the concept but why? 10 years ago I would have loved it, but this guy is wayyyyyy too long.

 

It’s the semis in most leagues. One win away from the championship. We have games all weekend into Monday this week so I’m starting the game thread a bit early.

Good luck to all of you in the playoffs and a Merry Christmas to those who partake. Leave your comments on the games below!

 

It’s round 1 of the playoffs in most leagues. Hope you had a good Saturday. If you started LaPorta, Chandler, Addison, or Amon-Ra you did!

Poor weather expected for Cowboys vs Bills and Falcons vs Panthers so downgrade those kickers and upgrade the defenses.

Tonight we have Baltimore vs Jacksonville on the docket and Monday we have the Seahawks and eagles in the first ever flexed Monday night football game.

Best of luck to everyone in the playoffs, and better luck next year for those of us who missed out on the sweet nectar of the playoffs. Leave your comments on todays action below!

 

While I’m dubious of the claim due to the robust permissions management in the latest versions of iOS and Android, it is interesting that a company has come out and said they are doing what everyone is thinking.

And yes they are a subsidiary of the parent of Cox Communications, the ISP, so I would be switching to a competitor ASAP if I had their services

 

Congrats to @MooDib @TORFdot0 @TheDaveAbides @Holomew as the four playoff teams in the inaugural season of the community fantasy league.

It turns out that default settings for the playoffs are 2 weeks per matchup for both the semis and the championship. That would drag the playoffs into week 18 for the second half of the championship.

The question I have for the other 3 playoff teams (I’m abstaining so there is no conflict of interest), how do we want to handle the championship? Handle it according to the ESPN default for a 2 week championship? Change matchups to a single week and have the championship in week 16? Disregard week 18 and just manually declare the champion after week 17 (ESPN doesn’t support setting one round for two weeks and the next round for one week).

Let me know your vote below.

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