I am honestly pleasantly surprised at everything the industry came up with in that generation, in hindsight. Maybe those kinds of games were a little overrepresented, but you still had Super Mario 64, Pilot wings, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Smash Bros (not fully 3D but that may be a good thing from a game play aspect), two Zelda masterpieces, Mario Party, some solid wrestling games, and a few Final Fantasy games (I never played them but I don’t think they’re shooters and definitely not racing games)

There were some flopped consoles just prior to the N64/PS1 like the Saturn and Atari Jaguar that probably helped the industry figure out what doesn’t work well in 3D gaming. Maybe they still had some stuff to figure out, but that was a pretty good era IMO.

I mean, the lead pipes are already there. It’s not like the alternative is to install more of them…

…yet 😔

Maybe my wording wasn’t great, but I’m thinking more along the lines of arms sales, other support, and Russian sanctions, which would make things a lot harder for Ukraine if they went away

I mean, I’ll admit that I figured his solution would be to simply make sure Ukraine folds to Putin within 24 hours and that hasn’t happened. It’s a bar so low that it’s just sitting on the ground, but at least he hasn’t gone that low in that way yet

Example: Lauren Boebert in 2022 was waaaaay closer than expected. When you talk about 99% probability of a certain winner in a house with 435 seats, it’s bound to happen.

But also: redistricting to get more seats comes at the expense of tighter margins. Democrats have been way over performing since Trump’s installation - if they’re not flipping seats, they’re making ruby red races a lot less so. That could cause a huge backfire for Republicans if the trend continues.

Mmmk, better abandon this “money” experiment. Surprised it only lasted thousands of years, but I’m sure human nature will adapt

Clicks on a website and absolutely nothing else

And the award for the biggest non-sequitur in Internet history goes to… This guy!

BREAKING

Earn crypto rewards

1. Ew
2. Where is this “privacy focused” product getting the money for that?

Kinda sorta. I’m firmly in the millennial generation, so there aren’t as many computers older than me. But I can tell you about my dad bringing home a brand new 486 (25MHz) and temporarily setting it up for the first time on the kitchen table, before it was officially set up downstairs.

In high school I got a handful of leftover computers to play with. Some early Pentiums, a really weird 486 tablet (still have that in my crawlspace!), and stuff like that. Great to learn hardware on, do some homework in my room, listen to Winamp, etc.

Then college came and I had less time and space. Then I bought a home a couple years later (when they were all on sale!) and had a kid. Most of my time and money goes to those things.

But! I hate where technology is going now. I remember things being fun and innovative, rather than yet another thing weirdly integrated with an app on your phone (likely with a subscription 🙄 ). So I’ve spent some time restoring antique radios, and put together some fun projects I’ve found that use a 3D printer and Raspberry Pi, including a working mini computer that runs a Dosbox instance with my favorite games from that 486.

Tl;dr not that young by Lemmy standards, but I get it!

“it’s only an hour of homework!”

-Each of your 6 teachers

It’s amazing how soulless things are when you take humans out of the equation

You’re absolutely right

I miss the days when satire was fake

It’s a battle of evolution: we lost our ability to do that, but have a decent reflex to catch ourselves from danger. It’s why I don’t fall off a bed. Even when that bed is a hammock on top of a tree.

Cool! I’m not entirely sure because I know little about it, but you may have actually brought up a valid point! It’s a shame we had to climb a mountain of snark and smartassery to get to that possibility.

Can you wake up?

In Korea they say not to leave a fan running overnight. Why? Because it will blow the oxygen away and you’ll suffocate.

Doesn’t mean it’s true.

Well, that’s a brand new sentence!