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BoxOfFeet

@ BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

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Engineer. Retro console modder. Pen and watch enthusiast.

  • What can methane gas be used for?

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  • What if we kept them underground. We could build a city above it. It would be a hub for trade, exchanging methane for other goods. We could call it Bartertown.

  • A 46,000,000-year-old mosquito still had blood inside

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  • Now I'm being chased by some irate velociraptors. Well, believe me, this has been one lousy day.

  • Has anyone actually eaten or diped OREO with Milk

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  • Yes, of course! Twist them, eat the filling, then dip the cookie halves in milk until they nearly disintegrate.

  • Do you scrape your tongue?

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  • Sometimes! Most of the time I just use my toothbrush. But either way, I absolutely clean my tongue every day.

  • Trailer - THEC64 Handheld and The Spectrum Handheld

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  • Another perspective, it's ONLY FOUR buttons? It's emulating a computer, surely there are games that require more keyboard support. You could play a C64 emulator on a Nintendo DS, and you would still get the same form factor, the same button layout, the right screen ratio, AND a virtual keyboard on the lower screen.

  • Trailer - THEC64 Handheld and The Spectrum Handheld

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  • Other than the form factor, why is this needed? There are tons of cheap linux handhelds that play these games. And if you like the form factor, there have been C64 and ZX emulators for the Nintendo DS for ages. Emulators that are old enough to drive at this point. I mean, if the price point was closer to $40, I could see it. $60 would be pushing it.

    Plus, it tics one of my pet peeves of having a 16:9 screen for a specifically 4:3 media.

  • What game do you personally have the most hours played in?

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  • New Vegas is around 470 for me. FO4 is a close second at 460. But I probably spent way, way more time in Battlezone 2, possibly MechWarrior 3 as well. Maybe Rollercoaster Tycoon. Those were in my peak gaming era.

  • Bearer of bad news

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  • As it should be.

  • What device never needed a 'Smart' version?

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  • Yeah, pretty much. Mechanical engineer, but on the tooling side of things and not production. When shit hits the fan, it's typically during office hours. Honestly, I haven't even charged my work phone in probably 6 months because it's so rare anybody needs me when I'm not at my computer.

    But my personal phone is always on silent, too. Not even vibrate. To the irritation of my wife.

  • I need to conduct more research

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  • Ah, now that makes sense.

  • The left is missing out on AI

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  • No thank you.

  • What device never needed a 'Smart' version?

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  • I just wear a mechanical watch and keep my phone on silent 100% of the time. I'll look at it eventually.

  • What device never needed a 'Smart' version?

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  • I prefer to have dumb, discrete devices in near all cases. TV, appliances, bulbs AND switches. Watches (mechanical only, please). I don't connect any game consoles to the internet. I can't think of any devices that actually need "smart" features.

  • I have just noticed that there is a hole in my boots.

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  • Interesting. How do you plan on patching them?

  • I need to conduct more research

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  • Question about gagh. Is it seasoned? Or sauced? Or is it just plain serpent worms? Because that doesn't seem like much of a delicacy. Sounds pretty low effort, actually.

  • Awkward

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  • I meant TNG, but you're right I should just watch both.

  • Awkward

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  • I was just thinking about that episode! Guess it means I need to watch it again.

  • Here have a meme from 20 years ago

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  • It was. Pre-Conway Twitty and stupid chicken fight sequences.

  • The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon

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  • I've been playing it on my potato tablet that I revived with Linux recently. It's basically the only game that runs on it. Well, only thing better than Solitaire or Mahjongg. It's really impressive, takes me back to my Compaq LTE 5300 and playing RCT when it was new.

  • FreeCAD @lemmy.ml
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    I'm sorry for bashing you, FreeCAD. My opinion has flipped after 1.1

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    LXQt/Lubuntu Long Click to Right Click

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    I re-shelled another DS Lite.

  • Dullsters @dullsters.net
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Hung up one of Gramps's old Hilda calendars.

  • Linux @lemmy.world
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Key bindings for MCE remote?

  • retrocomputing @lemmy.sdf.org
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Anybody know a source for old logos as stickers?

  • Linux @lemmy.world
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Linux Mint: Authentication Required

  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Getting ready for a good old-fashioned LAN party

  • Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Battlefield Earth was fantastic, and there should be a musical of it.

  • Calculator Community @midwest.social
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    I frontlit my TI-86

  • Linux @lemmy.world
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Any way to remove display resolutions in Mint?

  • Dull Men's Club @lemmy.world
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Seven pens inked right now.

  • Playstation 2 @lemmy.world
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    I did Gusse's IDE Resurrector on my slim 70012.

  • LaserDisc @lemmy.sdf.org
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Just got Aladdin CAV in the mail today!

  • Bicycles @lemmy.ca
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Just got fenders for my grandpa's 1997 Jazz Calypso.

  • Mechanical Engineering @lemmy.world
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    3DConnexion is going to have to pry my SpaceExplorer from my cold, dead fingers.

  • Nostalgia @lemmy.ca
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Who else still uses a Gravis Gamepad for their DOS gaming?

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    Thanks for the PETG help

  • Retro Gaming @lemmy.ml
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    The Tiger Game.Com posted on Lemmy. Does it get more obscure than that?

  • GameBoy @lemmy.world
    BoxOfFeet @lemmy.world

    GBA I modded to match a watch I modded.