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schizanon , to gaming
@schizanon@mas.to avatar

It's fascinating how flawed the we played as kids were; was primitive, and they couldn't do updates.

In the card matching mini-game only has 8 different layouts because of a bug in the shuffling

https://youtu.be/QGeLzCmUDDk?si=nwfDRrkCLYgPkUZ_

@gaming

savaran ,
@savaran@hachyderm.io avatar

@schizanon @gaming That’s part of why I’m always surprised at how much people will rail on bugs in games now. I mean sure if a bug makes a game literally impossible to complete, rail away. But half the stuff people complain about are things that when I was a kid would have been treated as hilarious quirks and possibly things vital to the ability to speed run the games.

schizanon OP ,
@schizanon@mas.to avatar

@jsdz for some definitions of "better"

anders , to programmerhumor en-us

Python developers
@programmerhumor

3ra ,
@3ra@lemmy.world avatar

Even though I’m mostly a Python programmer now I don’t do this but i know so many Python programmers who do this; the thing that is even more annoying is when some of them make up shit trying to prove python is better for a usecase they know NOTHING about

fl42v , 

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</span>
ZOEconomy , to random
@ZOEconomy@sciences.social avatar

Earlier this year I went to the post office to get stamps, and I saw a set of stamps in the Black Heritage series depicting Ernest J. Gaines. I had never heard of this man. Who was he, I thought?

I bought the stamps and headed home, but it didn't seem right to use them without getting familiar with his work which is clearly a big fucking deal if he's on a stamp. When I got home I googled him and l found his book "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" on Libby and borrowed it.

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ZOEconomy OP ,
@ZOEconomy@sciences.social avatar

Well I just finished the book and wow! Phenomenal book. I absolutely understand why he is on a stamp and I thank whoever advocated for him to be on a stamp for introducing me to his work.

If you also missed out on Ernest Gaines' work in your literary education... go read this book! And more of his work!

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icastico ,
@icastico@c.im avatar

@ZOEconomy

Sounds like this should be shared with @bookstodon

medley56 , to random
@medley56@frontrange.co avatar

@neilhimself
People here have resorted to taking screenshots of your twitter account and posting the images here. I humbly suggest moving your social media off of twitter. We love you here. And we have better moss and bird photos.

I think this argument kind of nails it:
https://throwawayopinions.io/the-paradox-of-intolerance.html

neilhimself ,
@neilhimself@mastodon.social avatar

@trisweb @medley56 that's good.

Pineywoozle ,
@Pineywoozle@masto.ai avatar

@neilhimself @medley56 It’s the whole we love you thing lol. They just want to be sure it’s seen. As errors go it’s mostly benign😜

liesjelogthet , to random Dutch
@liesjelogthet@mastodon.nl avatar

Wat zijn de boeken van Richard Osman toch een genot om te lezen. Geen zware literatuur, maar heerlijk geschreven.

drrrK ,
@drrrK@mastodon.social avatar

@liesjelogthet tip van Elise @boeken

Sonofasailor , to random
@Sonofasailor@mastodon.social avatar

If you want an eerie and portentous story to get yourself in the mood for the Halloween season, listen to Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) read his short story "Click Clack the Rattle Bag" at the New York Public Library: https://youtu.be/imLja6Emezo

amxmln , to random
@amxmln@mastodon.design avatar

It's kind of crazy how draws you in and hours pass without you even noticing. 😳 I'm really enjoying the storytelling and there is no wrong way mentally of the game. 😊

isthereanydeal , to steam
@isthereanydeal@mastodon.social avatar

❤️ Love Too Easily, 25% OFF ❤️

Interact with the story by helping the main character make choices, complete tasks in the form of mini-games, and most importantly, find hints about their night out in this FMV.

Best price on @steam :
🔗https://isthereanydeal.com/game/lovetooeasily/info/

Onechtokeia , to random German
@Onechtokeia@troet.cafe avatar

Hallo Welt!
Bin Autorin (SF, Fantasy), zeichne gerne mit krita, also ohne KI Gedöns, schreibe Blogartikel zu Selbstversorgerthemen und liebe die Natur.

Gibt es hier noch mehr Autoren, Buchverrückte oder Hashtags, denen ich folgen könnte?

Sascha_Raubal ,
@Sascha_Raubal@muenchen.social avatar

@Onechtokeia
Hallo Kollegin!
Schreibe selbst Fantasy. Für Garten und Gemüse ist meine Holde zuständig.😁
Ich klatsch mal meine Hashtag-Sammlung rein, vielleicht hilft die Dir was.
Oh, drei Gruppen sind auch dabei:

@buchstodon
@buechermachen
@leseecke


















tinoeberl ,
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online avatar

@Onechtokeia

Moin, du könntest auch den Gruppen @buechermachen @buchstodon folgen bzw. Buchtröts damit taggen.

tdc , to random
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Here is today's Window Poem https://daily.ds106.us/tdc4286/

Reply with your response and the same tdc**** hashtag

MarjoleinRotsteeg ,
@MarjoleinRotsteeg@mastodon.nl avatar

@tdc

clouds breaking
silently
the sun hesitates










@poetry

qkall , to retrogaming
@qkall@mastodon.social avatar

Okay - I got Kodi set up on my with the internet archive game launcher... and I just re-re-remembered that my beloved won't work with it... I have no idea why I keep forgetting this.

I'm looking for 4 cheap bt controllers but the market is flooded... any ?

@retrogaming

qkall OP ,
@qkall@mastodon.social avatar

@JokeDeity

...I loved the duke

JokeDeity ,

Ha ha, to each their own, for me it was one of the worst controllers I’ve ever used, and using the SC reminded me a lot of it and I also never could get comfortable with the trackpads regardless of how much I tried to force myself to use it in different genres of games. I’m glad you enjoyed them though! Maybe look for a larger controller if there more comfortable to you while you’re on your hunt.

schizanon , to gaming
@schizanon@mas.to avatar

I think bars should have nights; people take turns playing whatever they are good at on a projector for the whole bar to watch. Get a drag queen to be "Master of Controllers" describing the action and calling up new players.

@gaming

coupland ,
@coupland@cryptodon.lol avatar

@schizanon @gaming

"Are you insane? Who would want to go to a bar to watch SOMEONE ELSE play a game?"

-- Every football, soccer, and hockey fan on the planet

barborahrdlicka , to random Czech
@barborahrdlicka@mastodonczech.cz avatar

The research found that kids with ASD and ADHD couldn't clear out BPA and another similar compound called Diethylhexyl Phthalate (DEHP) with as much efficiency as other kids, potentially leading to longer exposure to their toxic effects.

https://www.sciencealert.com/common-plastic-additive-linked-to-autism-and-adhd-scientists-discover

admin ,
@admin@mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org avatar

Another question that arises...

IF these compounds are more prevalent recently, and IF the toxic effects are what cause the ADHD symptoms, THEN we might end up with newly ADHD adults who don't get diagnosed as such because there is no childhood history of such.

@psychology @psychotherapists @socialwork @psychotherapist @psychiatry

@barborahrdlicka

barborahrdlicka OP ,
@barborahrdlicka@mastodonczech.cz avatar

@admin @psychology @psychotherapists @socialwork @psychotherapist @psychiatry

BPA has neurotoxic effects and it would be interesting to know what "faulty" flushing of the substance does to the brain of an adult. Is it the same as for kids?

maxi , to random
@maxi@todon.eu avatar

Shopping clothes is a huge issue for me. What I sometimes describe as "clothing store phobia", can perhaps be broke down to:

  • (Fear of) sensory overload: harsh lighting, music, advertisements, amounts of clothes and information to process
  • Anxiety because of uncertainty (e.g. about the available products and their prices)
  • Social phobia: Sometimes there are a lot of people in shops. Will they judge me for being "weird" (queer & neurodiverse)? Will I be brave enough to ask the sellers if I have some question? What if someone interacts with me and my brain shuts down?
  • Agoraphobia
  • Perhaps lightly traumatic experiences from sensory overload from previous store visits
maxi OP ,
@maxi@todon.eu avatar

After I broke down the problem, I can try to find coping strategies:

  • Try to find the product range online.
  • To counter overstimulation, wear protective items such as earplugs (and perhaps blue light-filtering glasses, which I still want to get), and stim rigorously.
  • Go at a time where there are less people.
  • Also plan in time for recovery.
  • If I can look inside the shop from the outside, discretely observe the place and the people; try to make an "mental map", so that I know where to go.
  • First time go only quickly, to get a better overview of the place; next time I'll have fewer fear of going to a new place.
  • Apply hyper-focus and only look for one particular kind of item (e.g. midi-skirts). That means that I also have to make thoughts which kind of style I want to wear.
  • Remember that I don't need to buy anything!
  • If I don't have spoons for fitting clothes, buy them and try them out at home. I can later either return them later or donate them.

Avoidance is still a viable strategy. Buying online can be comfortable, since I'm in a familiar environment where I can dim the lights and block ads & animations. I can carefully compare the sizes with my measurements, so that I have to return (and try on) less.

maxi OP ,
@maxi@todon.eu avatar

I previously wrote about this issue on Mastodon, and I included some of the advice I got from there: https://todon.eu/@maxi/110338158852163385 (Unfortunately, part 2 of that toot got auto-deleted, but it only was about how to find a personal style)

I also got a lot of good advice from hashtags and groups!

@actuallyautistic

pirati , to technology Italian
@pirati@sociale.network avatar

Global: ‘Predator Files’ investigation reveals catastrophic failure to regulate surveillance trade

@technology

A new investigation into the global surveillance crisis by the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) media network, with technical assistance from Amnesty International’s Security Lab, today begins to reveal the shocking truth about how far the industry’s tentacles have spread and how ineffective EU regulation has been in controlling it

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/global-predator-files-investigation-reveals-catastrophic-failure-to-regulate-surveillance-trade/

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