Cevilia

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[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Cloanto, the company that owns the rights to the Commodore Amiga line, have a legal emulator that they sell called Amiga Forever. It's about half the price of one modern AAA game, and when you download it, it comes with about fifty games of varying notability, and there's many times more you can just install and play. And it's all legal.

I would love this to be the industry norm, imagine being able to download a NES! It's annoying that if we want future generations to be able to experience games of the past (whether to learn from them, or just for pleasure) we need to teach our children about piracy.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

There is a known strategy called EEE (Embrace, extend, and extinguish).

First, they embrace the open web. Millions of people who never would've joined the Fediverse (and, probably, don't even know what the Fediverse is) flock to Threads and start to interact with us.

Then, they extend the open web, adding features to Threads that aren't compatible with our servers. People on Threads don't understand what's wrong with our server (even though it's Threads that's the source of incompatibility).

Finally, they decide they're "having trouble maintaining compatibility with third party servers" and start to break off from us, leaving us with no way to interact with our new friends. Unless, of course, we make a free Threads account...

Google Talk is perhaps the most relevant example of this. Here's more details.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

That's not stupidity though, that's malice, which is a whole different tub of bananas.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I have long believed that the only stupid question is the one that hasn't been asked.

I feel it's better to ask the question (and feel stupid for a few minutes) than to remain stupid for the rest of my life. :)

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

It's already making things hard. Unless you live in a cave (and even if you do, quite probably, IDK) you'll have noticed an increase in the frequency of what's euphemistically called "extreme weather events". These things are bad for us, but even worse for crops, and they're going to keep on getting worse.

 

Yet another argument in favour of piracy…

 

Do you use Lemmy or kbin? If your answer is "Yes", we'd love to have you!

Formal link: !inclusiveor@lemmy.blahaj.zone

 

Price of the Skyrim Anniversary Edition in the UK: £17.19

Price of buying the Special Edition and the Anniversary Upgrade separately in the UK: £8.99 + £8.00 = £16.99

The pricing is slightly different but similar on Steam, and in other regions. But, in general, please make sure you know you're paying the right price for you before you buy, to avoid feeling ripped off later. <3

(also, the Special Edition is extremely good without the Anniversary Upgrade, you can always upgrade later if you wish to :) )

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

You appear to be missing an arm. Here, take this one instead: \

 

Seeing as Wednesday seems to be literal piracy day around here, here's a couple of classic videos on how to be a pirate.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Fitgirl's repacks already contain the necessary files. These steps are unnecessary. There are also alternative ways of sourcing the files. :)

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

In what way does yuzu require a Switch? That hasn't been my experience.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah, I completely forgot about Chekov! Editing my comment now. Thank you!

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

In Nichelle Nichols' autobiography she talks about how the network insisted the scene be filmed both with and without the kiss, and of course, being good loyal actors, they complied. But, on takes without the kiss, something always seemed to go wrong… Shatner flubbed a line, the boom was in the shot, the cameras weren't quite set up correctly… eventually they ran out of time and were forced, "reluctantly", to submit only the takes with the kiss. I recommend Beyond Uhura. Also Kate Mulgrew's "autobiography" of Captain Janeway is a great read too. :)

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Star Trek in 1966: *has a bridge crew containing a black female, Russian man, and faaaabulous Japanese man, each of whom holds the rank of full Lieutenant on their own abundant merits*

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

You're in the right place. Welcome!

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