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Nimgimli

@Nimgimli@mas.to

Gamer, Goblin, Greybeard.
Gaming (99.99% solo) on XBox, PS5, PSVR2, Quest 3
Generally interested in nerdy things

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I just watched the iPad ad where they crush a bunch of creative tools down into an iPad. Apparently people are highly offended by this?

People are getting WAY too thin skinned. Clearly the message is "you can do all these kinds of creation using this iPad" and not "WE WANT TO SMUSH YOU IF YOU ARE A CREATOR"

But I guess people are interpreting as an attack on creatives or something.

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Ars Technica headline:

"Apple apologizes for ad that crushes the sum total of human artistic endeavor"

LOL

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Chonkin video card

Nimgimli,
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@scopique Time to start mining the bitcoins.

Do the kids still mine bitcoins?

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Spring Cleaning Event – Fallout 76

Here's how to get started in the Fallout 76 Spring Cleaning Event. This post is meant for my fellow new players and is not comprehensive! Just a quick tips post!

https://dragonchasers.com/2024/05/08/spring-cleaning-fallout-76/

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Posted this in a comment on @Tipa's amazing blog ( https://chasingdings.com/ ) but wanted to throw it out to the world in general

"Between you & @scopique I’m kind of feeling that love of coding starting to maybe return.

I really miss back when I just LOVED to code. Not sure when/how I lost it, but I suspect a lot of it has to do with my job now being 100% fixing things and never building anything new. But I can build new stuff on my own time, for me!"

Nimgimli,
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@scopique @Tipa Yup.

I'm thinking like, grab an old laptop and install VS Code on it and literally take it to another spot other than my desk that I sit at all day, and play around there.

Kind of try to trick my brain into treating it as a separate activity, if that makes sense.

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Sad to hear this news about Microsoft closing down 4 studios, in particular Tango Gameworks. I really enjoyed Ghostwire Tokyo and thought that Hi-Fi Rush was pretty well received.

I get that companies exist to fatten up their coffers and those of their shareholders but this is Microsoft... I can't imagine the cost of these studios was moving the needle all that much.

Or maybe that's just sour grapes on my part.

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And yet another developer effectively bites the dust. I haven't played Deliver Us Mars yet, but quite enjoyed Deliver Us the Moon.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/keoken-interactive-lays-off-team-after-failing-to-find-funding-at-gdc

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April 2024

Time for the April 2024 recap. Not a lot going on this month but just for the sake of completeness, here it is.

https://dragonchasers.com/2024/04/30/april-2024/

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I've spent all morning trying to explain to someone that when they want a grid of several dozen logos, and some of the logos are 300x80px, and some are 1000x1000px, that either they have to give up on the idea of nice neat rows, or they have to accept that the logos aren't all going to be a consistent size, or they have to accept that some of the logos are going to be squished.

And they just don't get it.

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I just realized it is time for me to get going on the monthly recap post on my blog and I don't think I wanna.

And since those are about the only things I write these days, I may just be done with blogging.

22 years is a pretty good run, I guess. My first post, complaining about how slow blogger was so I was going to move to self-hosted, is from 5/13/2002

Now I feel like I should go for 25 years, though... LOL

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@scopique Yes, at InMotion. Though I think I paid for like 2 years in advance or something like that.

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So I've finally been playing Diablo IV, still in the campaign.

Does anyone else who played this feel like the absolutely constant red palette of everything is blood and gore everywhere just gets so monotonous you just walk away?

Like I think the 'horrific' aspects would land better if there was some contrast. It is so monotone and boring & I quickly get desensitized to it all.

Maybe things change later. I'm still in Act 2.

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Now that Disney+ & Hulu are cross-pollinating, the Disney+ marketing emails are freaking me out.

"What to watch on Disney? How about American Horror Story?"

(I'm paraphrasing.)

No, Minnie Mouse should not be the last girl!

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The SIM card in my (Verizon, Android) phone died today. I wound up heading to the store. Dude switched it from the physical SIM card to the 'eSim' which now makes me wonder why they didn't use the 'eSim' to start with.

I blamed the eclipse and the dude took me seriously and I was like "Um... OK."

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@scopique I guess when my eSim breaks I'll need a new phone!! :)

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The Playstation Portal

I finally found a Playstation Portal in stock and so far I really love it. Here's why the Portal is the right device for me, even if it might not be the right device for you.

https://dragonchasers.com/2024/04/08/the-playstation-portal/

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I have 2 major issues with GeForce Now:

  1. Choice paralysis :) With so many of my games "installed" I can't seem to pick one to play!

  2. (Slight more legit) I wish there was some kind of virtual mouse. So many games support controller but have like 1 mouse click... like a EULA button or something. Makes it hard to play in a controller-only environment, like on the TV. I have my Nvidia Shield set up & waiting.

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Not sure who needs to hear this, but Black Sails is heading to Netflix on April 17th.

It was on Hulu for a while but left there and currently not sure it is available anywhere to stream? Though maybe Starz?

I'm ready for a re-watch though!

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One of those "zero gameplay" trailers but the world setup that we can glean has me interested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrZWTKEkZLk

Gazimoff, to LEGO
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Afternoon all!

Had a massive delivery today - this set is bigger than I expected. Plus some freebies from the online shop.

Nimgimli,
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@scopique @Gazimoff What is this word "bonus" I hear you two using?

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Elder Scrolls Online is supposed to hit GeForce Now today. Meaning I don't have to devote 100 GB of my precious hard disk space if I want to pop in and play every now and then. Yay!

(Maybe it is smaller on PC but it's around 100 GB on console.)

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Is it just me or is this month's Humble Choice pretty good?

Suppose this is always quite subjective, eh?

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Was talking to a neighbor today.. (I was going to say "an older lady" but she is probably younger than me!) & she asked me what she needed to do to prepare for the eclipse. She (or maybe her grown kids) had been seeing online that she should stock up on canned goods, water and flashlight batteries because it was going to cause some kind of disaster.

I hate the Internet some days. The funny thing is, the last eclipse wasn't that long ago so why do people fall for this nonsense?

Nimgimli,
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This post describes where the crazy is coming from:

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/03/posts-make-ominous-unfounded-claims-about-april-8-eclipse-preparations/

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