steeznson

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[–] steeznson 2 points 8 hours ago

Don't give me hope!

[–] steeznson 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Envious of Argentina. We were 5th in the world once but have never been able to take the next step in terms of collecting the big scalps.

[–] steeznson 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Gameboy color dinosaur JRPG / metroidvania that seemingly no one else has ever played. Called Dinosaur'us. I had to google the name there and it turns out there is a wikipedia page so it's not totally obscure - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur%27us

I loved this game as a kid! There are surprisingly few good dinosaur games (although admittedly a lot of good dragon ones).

Edit: only ever released in the UK - that explains a lot of why it was so obscure. The ROM is on emulator sites though if you are curious.

[–] steeznson 2 points 1 day ago

I love Obsidian games but I hate how UE5 the trailers for this look. Just the assets they are using look very much like they've been bought from the store instead of handcrafted (I'm sure they were designed but this is a likely an art direction issue).

[–] steeznson 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah I remember being 15 and I was a little shit. Kids aren't people yet.

[–] steeznson 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You put more effort into this post than M$ did to their product

[–] steeznson 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They get all the patches and minor upgrades in a timely fashion, similar to other distros. The major version updates do not come as readily though.

[–] steeznson 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Probably less relevant because this is about undergrads instead of postgrads. I did my masters degree there and I was one of maybe 3 Scottish students out of the 40+ person intake for my course.

[–] steeznson 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do Facebook have a streaming service now?

Nice write-up btw

[–] steeznson 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

PS3 is probably the last gen to support a lot of local coop games

[–] steeznson 5 points 6 days ago

Have got Debian on an old thinkpad too because it is too under resourced to compile everything. I think Debian is amazing for a solid, reliable distro if you have weak hardware.

[–] steeznson 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I use Gentoo and I love it. The installation process is a bit more complex than Arch but it doesn't have to be if you choose the precompiled kernel.

The package management is extremely flexible and the community are great. I have a morning routine where I log onto my gentoo desktop before work and update everything; would compare it to raking one of those miniature buddhist sand gardens. Very theraputic!

 

lmao I used to walk to work through lochend from meadowbank to the shore

 

Videos on WhatsApp showing neds trashing cars and setting off fireworks through letter boxes of random houses. There’s a police helicopter over Niddrie. This is basically a riot every year! Authorities need to clamp down on this somehow.

 

This is spectator so they are taking the most extreme right wing viewpoint on Labour's recent policies to improve the nation's health. I disagree with how they characterise it for the most part but they do seem to put their finger on the kind of authoritarian impulses inside the party. Definitely think the author misses the mark with their badly thought out/unsupported angle about it being patronising class politics.

I was too young to take in much when John Major was in power but remember New Labour with Blair/Brown very well. They were also keen to make similar kind of policies that were - for lack of a better phrase - nanny state-ish. I found it interesting thinking about that legacy.

Should also mention that both parties tend towards these types of policies. I suspect the civil service are keen on them and they test well in focus groups.

Article is paywalled so will post it in comments.

 

Let's hope for the return of the sausages

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If Digital Underground were able to make more consistent albums then they'd be my favourite group ever. The best tracks are unreal but then the skits, etc. drag the whole thing down on repeated listens.

 

This could have major repercussions for the game as we know it. The RFU has already reduced the amount of contact allowed in the grassroots of the game. Will the product we all love survive a legal tsunami if this ends in a court ruling?

I always wonder if you could get players to sign away their rights to sue but I'm pretty certain that would not be legally enforceable, alongside being totally exploitative.

 

Old but gold.

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