First thing I do with a new device (or app that has its own settings) is disable anything that fucks with my text input.
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Language is a dynamic thing, and it’s the main way we express our individual perspectives to each other. It’s the very last thing I would ever want to autotune about myself.
Performance-wise, pretty much anything is gonna have you covered when it comes to GBA, so it really depends what else you want out of the experience.
You mentioned the slot, so if physical carts are important to you, then…
If you want an authentic feel with modern features, then an OG GBA mod is probably the “platonic ideal” if you have the stomach for it. WULFF has a good video about his experience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhW6TkzmxuM
Analogue Pocket is also an option, but honestly I think they’re ugly and overpriced.
Worth noting for the platform-specific perks:
A hacked 3DS is a great option. It’s super easy to do, and it’s really the only hardware that comfortably plays 3DS titles to this day.
Hacked OLED PS Vita is also a great option. Beautiful screen, great controls, and again it’s the best hardware for its own first-party titles.
More modern stuff:
If you also want Moonlight streaming and/or Android apps, Retroids are great. I have a 3+, but I wish I’d waited for the 2S (the numbering in this hobby is ridiculous) because I would’ve preferred the 4:3 screen ratio and retro aesthetic.
Anbernic is hit or miss – but when they hit, they hit. The RG35XX H is reportedly a very good horizontal option, and I’ve had my eye on a 405 M as well because of the thumbstick positioning.
But here’s the thing: At the end of the day, the best handheld is the one you have on you.
If you’re not going to bring it with you when you go out, then what’s the point?
Portability is the key feature of this kind of device, and we all tend to have at least 2 if not 3 pockets already spoken-for. And you might think “Ah, I always have my backpack on me.” But do you bring your backpack to the bathroom with you at work? Do you wear it around the house? So pocketability is the #1 factor, IMO.
And with that in mind, here are my pocket-friendly picks:
Anbernic RG280V is the epitome of the “just enough” device. Just enough screen, finger space, and performance to play just enough systems to keep you happy.
Anbernic RG Nano is an extreme take on pocketability, being small enough to put a keychain. I include it here just because that may be a relevant category for some people.
But my number one pick, specifically because it nails the form factor while being supremely pocketable…
The Miyoo Mini Plus!
It’s just a stellar device. It’s just big enough to be comfy, but small enough that I don’t hesitate to put it in my pocket even for trivial outings.
Onion OS is a great custom firmware (oh yeah, for a lot of these you should look into custom firmware options), but the stock firmware isn’t bad either. It’s easy to use, everything “just works”, and it’s plenty powerful for everything that I care about playing on the go. The screen is beautiful, the gray version looks cool as hell (be aware that there is light bleed around the power LED with the translucent cases), and the stock buttons are delightful.
And it’s a good price, to boot.
I bought one for my sister-in-law because she was drooling over mine. She’s not a super nerd, has zero interest in tinkering, but hasn’t gone a day without playing it since Christmas.
It’s estimated that between 1,000 and 1,200 settlers surrounded the village, and around 500 stormed it just after midday local time on Friday, blocking all the roads in the area....
All the people daring the MSM to call them “terrorists”…
Maybe we should just remind the public how bad the word “settler” is: These are state-armed violent militias whose explicit goal is to displace the indigenous occupants of foreign territories.
Terrorists at least tend to emerge in response to (real or perceived) political disposession. That is not the case here. The settlers are the most privileged class in Israel, rewarded for breaking international law.
And we should probably also remember that oppressors always have legitimate grievances to cite when you question what they’re doing. Nobody ever says “We’re invading this land cuz we want it” in the moment.
Catherine McCoid and LeRoy McDermott hypothesize that the figurines may have been created as self-portraits by women.[12]This theory stems from the correlation of the proportions of the statues to how the proportions of women’s bodies would seem if they were looking down at themselves, which would have been the only way to view their bodies during this period. They speculate that the complete lack of facial features could be accounted for by the fact that sculptors did not own mirrors.
Yeah, I saw that rebuttal and it seemed pretty strange to me.
They couldn’t have been sculpting from their own perspective, because they technically had access to viewing themselves from a third-person perspective?
We technically had access to drawing with linear perspective all along, but somehow until only a few hundred years ago, this is the best we could do:
It just seems like a very modern-biased way of thinking about depiction. Mapping objective reality (rather than subjective perception) into art is a relatively new concept.
If everyone is a little poorer, prices stay still. If everyone is a little richer, prices go up.
If some people get much poorer and some people get much richer… Prices go way up, cuz now there’s only one market segment that matters and it’s gotta pull double duty.
Cuz these economists look at wealth in aggregate, but look at behavior by market segment.
Asset prices have been skyrocketing. That only really helps people who have assets, but it still brings up the average enough to make the economy look it’s doing great overall even despite the consumer price inflation.
So if you see that young adults are moving back in with their parents while living in an economy that is, in aggregate, “the strongest it’s ever been”… you can only explain it as a matter of preference.
Something I did after getting married but wish I’d done all along:
Two different accounts. (Three if married.) One for income and non-discretionary spending. One (per person) for “allowance”, which gets a set amount transferred from the main account every week.
Keeps your essentials partitioned from the fun stuff, which keeps the essentials safe and the fun guilt-free. And it allows you to have a steady stream of allowance even if you only get a paycheck monthly or biweekly.
That’s a weird take. I’d say pretty much everything from impressionism onwards has (if only as a secondary goal) been trying to poke holes in any firm definition of what art is or is not.
Now if we’re talking about just turning a thorough spec sheet into a finished artifact with no input from the laborer, I can see where you’re coming from. But you referenced the “only seven stories” trope, so I think your argument is more broad than that.
I guess what it comes down to is: When you see something like Into The Spiderverse, do you think of it as a cynical Spiderman rehash where they changed just enough to sell it again, or do you think of it as a rebuttal to previous Spiderman stories that incorporates new cultural context and viewpoints vastly different from before?
Cuz like… AI can rehash something, but it can’t synthesize a reaction to something based on your entire unique lived experience. And I think that’s one of the things that we value about art. It can give a window into someone else’s inner world. AI can pretend to do that, but it’s a bit like pseudo-profound bullshit.
A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that’s been “AI-enhanced” from being submitted in a triple murder trial. And that’s a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.
Thats [sic] presently because the tense presently has to agree with the subject, subject presently being Israel in present times, it doesn’t necessarily presently mean that the ‘no one’ presently means ‘no on in present times’. No where in grammer [sic] does verb tense presently indicate anything other than the subjects [sic] time.
Clarified so no one would presently confuse your statement to refer presently to Old English.
If I understand you correctly, you’re saying that:
“No one kills more efficiently” includes all past events.
“No one is killing more efficiently” would be the proper way to exclude past events.
But I have a few questions about that:
Does that mean that the phrase “No one has killed more efficiently” is the same as “No one kills more efficiently”?
Would it be proper to say “No one is killing more efficiently” even if they are not currently killing at this exact moment, but just in recent history?
If I say “No one speaks Ancient Greek”, am I incorrect? Is it fair to correct me with “Actually, the Greeks of 1000 BC speak Ancient Greek”?
Autocorrect is OG chatGPT (lemmy.world)
Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
An Israeli missile has hit Iran, two US officials have told the BBC’s US partner CBS News....
Gov. DeSantis signs new law requiring instruction in public schools on the history and ‘dangers’ of communism (www.news4jax.com)
What's a hobby or interest of yours that you really love explaining to others?
What’s something you love, and love describing or explaining to people who are new to that interest, hobby, or activity?
Israeli settlers storm West Bank village, setting cars and homes ablaze (lemmy.world)
It’s estimated that between 1,000 and 1,200 settlers surrounded the village, and around 500 stormed it just after midday local time on Friday, blocking all the roads in the area....
God has allowed me to live another day, and I'm going to make it everyone's problem (midwest.social)
staring rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
The more things change, the more they stay the same (lemmy.world)
Japan is giving Washington 250 new cherry trees to replace those to be lost in construction work (wtop.com)
US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales (www.theguardian.com)
‘Historic’ action by justice department closes ‘doggone dangerous’ loophole in Biden administration’s fight against gun violence...
Star Wars Outlaws' $110 and $130 editions prompt a collective sigh from potential players tired of season passes and ill-advised early access periods (www.pcgamer.com)
Just more AAA bullshit…...
Gourmet Rule (slrpnk.net)
Definitely has nothing to do with sky-rocketing food prices in our capitalist hellscape.
This guy's worst take yet (lemmy.world)
More games should do this (lemmy.world)
Biweekly rule (i.ibb.co)
Not looking to pick a fight but.. there's only seven stories in the world. (lemmy.world)
Cable lobby vows “years of litigation” to avoid bans on blocking and throttling (arstechnica.com)
Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works (gizmodo.com)
A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that’s been “AI-enhanced” from being submitted in a triple murder trial. And that’s a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.
Promotion (lemmy.world)
Performance Imprulevement Plan (sh.itjust.works)
You can’t afford to buy a house. Biden knows that. (www.vox.com)