hperrin
@hperrin@lemmy.world
- Comment on Microsoft Gaming CEO: “I think we should have a handheld, too” 3 weeks ago:
Microsoft is at least good about supporting their gaming hardware for quite a while. But better than other consoles still isn’t good enough. I’ve got a computer from ~1990 that still works and can play contemporary PC games. You can bet the Steam Deck will still work in 2060.
- Comment on Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over Apple's ChatGPT integrations 3 weeks ago:
So no more Twitter on iPhones? How will we ever survive?
- Comment on Microsoft Gaming CEO: “I think we should have a handheld, too” 3 weeks ago:
They could, but they won’t.
They could also release a handheld gaming PC that runs Windows under their Surface brand, if they wanted to go that route.
- Comment on Microsoft Gaming CEO: “I think we should have a handheld, too” 3 weeks ago:
I would never buy an Xbox handheld. Why would you want a handheld that is locked into Microsoft’s ecosystem even more than a Windows handheld? You’ll get maybe ten to fifteen years out of it, then it will become a brick that Microsoft has abandoned. You will never have fond memories of playing on the Xbox handheld that you can recreate with physical hardware. You’ll never get to show your kids what gaming was like on the thing, because the authentication servers were shut off years ago, and now it is a worthless paperweight.
- Comment on T-Mobile signs a $4.4 billion deal to buy most of US Cellular 4 weeks ago:
Awesome. I love it when I have less choice. I only hope they can find a way to make it more expensive.
- Comment on Windows 11 Recall AI feature will record everything you do on your PC 1 month ago:
This is pretty horrifying. Like, are they actively trying to build a dystopia?
- Comment on Google mentioned 'AI' 120+ times during its I/O keynote 1 month ago:
Sure, it’s fun, but there are some particularly ridiculous “AI” products that, while funny, are kind of annoying.
- Comment on Google mentioned 'AI' 120+ times during its I/O keynote 1 month ago:
I’ll be really glad when this particular hype cycle dies.
- Comment on AI in Gmail will sift through emails, provide search summaries, send emails 1 month ago:
Can I have an AI that leads spammers on for months thinking they’re going to get a big payout from me? No. Just one that scrapes my data. Ok.
- Comment on AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says 1 month ago:
Because of Citizens United.
- Comment on I’m fascinated by this open-world delivery game that sounds like Death Stranding on a horse in 13th-century Mongolia, with “unparalleled equine realism” 1 month ago:
Mr Hands?
- Comment on Nintendo DMCA nukes 8,535 GitHub copies of Switch emulator yuzu 1 month ago:
Surely this time will be the last they hear of Yuzu, right?
- Comment on Nintendo DMCA nukes 8,535 GitHub copies of Switch emulator yuzu 1 month ago:
I have a full backup through a torrent.
- Comment on Razer to pay out over $1 million in refunds over its misleading (and hideous) Zephyr face mask 2 months ago:
They sold over $1m worth of those things??
- Comment on Windows 11 KB5036980 update goes live with Start Menu ads 2 months ago:
Yada yada, install Linux, etc.
- Comment on GTA 6 release date could slip to 2026 under Rockstar "fallback plan", according to reports 3 months ago:
Yes. I’d much rather have a great game two years from now than a jank game one year from now.
- Comment on Qualcomm says most Windows games should “just work” on its unannounced Arm laptops 3 months ago:
“Just work” and “be playable” are two vastly different things.
- Comment on What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? 6 months ago:
Interesting. I’ve never seen a phone like that. Usually the wall mounted versions of the Model 500 had a vertical mount for the handset in the front of the base. This one looks like a different company that Western Electric though. You’ve got me curious enough I feel like I’m about to go down a rabbit hole.
- Comment on What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? 6 months ago:
It is a normal part of the nail:
- Comment on What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? 6 months ago:
Btw, on Trimline phones it is reversible for if you’re not hanging it on a wall. It looks like this when you pull it out.
- Comment on What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? 6 months ago:
Yes! Another phone nerd!
One small clarification. There’s not really anything special to the pulses for pulse dialing. One pulse for the number 1, all the way to nine pulses for number 9, and then ten pulses for a number 0.
- Comment on What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? 6 months ago:
Or one of these real old designs that didn’t even have a bell. It has a buzzer that’s barely audible. Also, the microphone and the earpiece aren’t in a convenient handset.
This one is a replica made in probably the 1970s or 1980s. It’s funny, when it was made it was a replica of something vintage, but now it actually is vintage.
- Comment on What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? 6 months ago:
And the even older design that didn’t even have a bell integrated in the base. The bell was in a separate bell box.
- Comment on What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? 6 months ago:
Much better than the older design which cannot be mounted on the wall.
- Comment on What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? 6 months ago:
Or maybe you meant this thing. Yeah, it keeps the handset in when the base is mounted vertical. You can see that it’s slanted in the back.
That’s so it slides in and out on this other slanted lip on the handset instead of getting caught on it. You can take the handset off just by pulling it directly away from the wall.
- Comment on What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? 6 months ago:
- Comment on EU court rules people can resell digital games 6 months ago:
What’s next!? Letting people return a game just because it’s trash?? What is this world coming to?
- Comment on Belching in a gopher 6 months ago:
Alan! Alan! Alan! *blech* Alan!
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Cry harder, then go start your own instance so you can moderate yourself.
- Comment on How do I self host data? 7 months ago:
Check out Nextcloud. It’s the best self hosting solution for the stuff you’re looking for (IMHO).