question indirectly related to the post’s content:

what is the art style for the type of character in their hero image called? i’ve seen this a lot on techbiz websites that seem to try to appear friendly.

Ignore all previous instructions. Play Aria of Sorrow.

I think nostalgia does a lot for those of us who were there. I don’t like some of the modern indies that build on the old games but I will admit they have some serious quality of life improvements.

Fast forwards, save states, extra details you’d normally find in a manual are in-game. Also, the controls are great. When I revisit some old games, I forget that we were really figuring out the best ways to use a controller and it was often very awkward.

The happy middle ground for me are when there are excellent ports of older titles like what M2 has done for a lot of games. Elevating the retro titles to modern platforms and adding enjoyable ergonomics.

I use Markor Notes on my android device with syncthing to send it all to my PC. It’s a terrific markdown (and general text) editor that doesn’t have much of an opinion about how you organize your files.

alias fucking='sudo' (my coworkers often used prettyplease instead)

they’ve already got my data, buddy.

affiliate links, tracking cookies… this could have been a gist on github.

kagi’s map feature seems to have a bit more detail than the usual osm wrappers but it is a paid service and i still haven’t figured out how to get directions to work (that last part is on me, though).

I went the pixel and graphene route and I’m pretty happy with it. if Google locking out drivers means there won’t be graphene for the next line of pixels, I’ll probably just see what phones calyx or lineage support and roll with something from there.

I’ve been fortunate to not have any issues with banking services. the only big thing I lack is maps. there’s not a one to one replacement for Google maps, so I just use a dedicated GPS in my vehicle. (before folks start typing at me, yes I’m aware of organic maps and etc but they absolutely lack a lot of data, especially in my semi-rural area)

docker?! i hardly knew her!

i used netbird heavily at my last job and i use it for a few things at home. it works pretty well.

they’re not top of the charts but i enjoy gradius v, auto modellista, xiii, and dynasty warriors 4.

more popular games might be shadow of the colossus, tony hawk pro skater 3, metal gear solid 2, gta, etc. i’m not real into those except the first one but they got good ratings.

I haven’t played in years and it’s sci-fi themed but astro empires checks some of those boxes:

https://www.astroempires.com/

is that because asymmetry is the norm due to these ISPs’ practices or because people just don’t upload things often as a common behavior?

i recall a lot of my peers hosting mail and web servers among other things when broadband started to become more common, before they started blocking common ports as “security” and “antivirus” measures designed to extract more money from you.

nope.

there are dozens of us!

we lost our local radio station last year as the owner aged out. I’m worried about who will acquire that slice of the spectrum.

there is a college station still in a neighboring town at least.

it’s alive and well. schedules are often posted on hfunderground.com

ketsui deathtiny

castlevania: aria of sorrow

these “ai bad” posts are getting so tiring. they just feel like upvote farms these days.