yukichigai

joined 9 months ago
[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 10 points 3 days ago

That movie is so damn good. Every other film adapting a comic book has to make it either an origin story or some major event in canon. Dredd is literally "this is a slightly unusual but not that abnormal day for this guy" and it's absolutely riveting. And that's how the Dredd universe is: everything is intense and over-the-top.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 6 points 3 days ago

Same. As far as I'm concerned that film is a depiction of what happens if you enter The Warp without a Gellar Field.

When I first saw the movie I was very unhappy because it was not at all what was advertised. I was expecting a sci-fi thriller, not Hellraiser in Space. It was quite badly marketed. If it had been marketed correctly it might've done far better.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

You know things are really out there when "I drink pee recreationally" is a valid credential of expertise for a topic that isn't "things done at a German sex club".

Also... I'm not exactly vanilla myself, and yeah: one of the things even the most depraved toiletplay enthusiasts know is "human waste is not good for you".

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 5 points 3 days ago

Japanese, German, American, British....

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 1 points 4 days ago

I mean this positively: current AIs come up with the most bizarre, insane shit. Sometimes that's great: a new approach or perspective when trying to solve a problem or interpret data can be exactly what is required to actually accomplish the task. Other times it's unhelpful, but often so unhelpful it can be hilarious if the stakes are low-to-nonexistent.

That said, that's exactly why they need to not be as ever-present as they are: by human standards they are literally insane, incapable of consistent reasoning and frequently perceiving the world in ways that do not match reality. It's not accurate to say the technology is in its infancy, but at best it's in its adolescence, and just like an 8-year-old it should not be put in charge of dangerous things like drone strikes or ambulance dispatch.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 5 points 4 days ago

Modding Bethesda's Gamebryo engine games, especially Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, and especially doing so using only the built-in functions, i.e. no FOSE/NVSE. Not that I'm averse to using them, but I prefer to do what I can without them before I do. Thanks to that approach I had little trouble making Fallout 4 mods that could run on console editions of the game.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 15 points 5 days ago (3 children)

It was great in design but too few peripherals made use of it. The lack of input devices (e.g. mice, joystick, keyboards) meant that for most people it was far less useful than USB.

Still pretty cool that you could (and still can) use it for networking in a pinch, not to mention the decades worth of video devices that will happily dump their contents to DV video as long as you have a FireWire port. Finding a VCR with DV output is one of the best ways to digitize old VHS recordings if you can't set up VHS-decode.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was simple once I figured out what I needed, but I had to cycle through a few different OSes before I got something that worked with my hardware. You might have luck with a "specifically for emulation" build like Lakka or Batocera, but for me I wound up installing Debian 12 and then having it just auto-login and run RetroPie on start. Works great though.

Anywho, best of luck!

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 2 points 2 weeks ago

7th Doctor if memory serves.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

"The reverse is also true." - The Doctor

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It helps if you branch out from general meme communities a little, but you can keep it all memes. NonCredibleDefense has kept me on top of the various ongoing conflicts, for example.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.earth 1 points 2 weeks ago

My Father-in-Law picked up a smart doorbell that did actually hook up to the existing analog system. Works great. It's certainly possible.

view more: next ›