If I had to see that then so should others. Upvoting for visibility.

I’m getting fat.

Alive and well in the indie scene. HoMM specifically has two spiritual successors I’m keeping an eye on in Hero’s Hour (fun and absurd, but doesn’t work on linux), and Songs of Conquest (haven’t played it yet, looks very promising).

Restaurants have kitchen staff. Retail has merchandisers and night crew. I’m sure I can come up with more if I put any effort into it whatsoever. I’m not saying that customer facing jobs aren’t the majority of entry level positions, but they’re far from all of them.

on the one hand, victim blaming is bad, and we shouldn’t do that. On the other hand, there isn’t a shortage of bullshit dead end jobs that don’t require previous experience, so you can absolutely get a job that is more or less customer facing if need be.

to grow plastic infused plants, of course

I didn’t really understand what I just read, but it sounds like flatpack but different. I’m on mint, so I’m pretty sure it doesn’t affect me. The memes I’ve seen on the subject give me the impression that people don’t like it.

ok, what is snap and why should I care?

Now this is capitalism.

oh for fucks sake, don’t make me have to worry about the case of filenames.

Rule no. 1: People are stupid. A person will believe a lie because they want it to be true, or they fear it might be true. A person’s head if full of information, most of it is wrong. People are also convinced that they are perfectly able to determine truth from lies, which makes them all the easier to fool.

Bonus points if you get the reference without googling it.

It was never finished, of course it looks bad

A decade ago, I believed in giving the benefit of the doubt whenever possible. Most people who are in their right minds want life to be better for everyone, but merely disagree on how to get there. I was a fool.

I still am one, but I’ve learned a few things since then.

It’s true that most people are good at heart. “Most People” is around 60% of the population.

People will believe lies because they want it to be true, or they’re afraid it might be true.

People will rather commit to believing a lie than admit to being wrong.

There have always been those who hate, and there always will be.

It’s commonly said that you should criticize beliefs, not people. Also that a person is defined by their actions not their beliefs. I disagree. Actions are guided by beliefs, and if a person believes something shitty then that person is going to do shitty things and is therefore a shitty person. That’s not to say that people can’t change. After all, I’ve changed into a sad, cynical, depressed sack. Other people can change for the better, so I’ve heard.

I’ve started paying attention to the ways that horrible people signal to each other in ways that normally aren’t recognized by anyone else. Symbols, slogans, special numbers, etc. If you know, you know. I know a few, and they’re everywhere. Sure, sometimes a tshirt is just a tshirt that the person wearing it thought it looked cool, without realizing what it means. Other things take effort, and can only be deliberate.

I don’t know how old you are, and it’s none of my business to know. You have a sense of empathy, which is good and you should nurture that. Garbage people will see it as a weakness and use it against you, don’t let them. Embrace life, seek strength without hate.

shit, I’m not even drinking tonight, how’d I get this lost in the sauce? Must be the sleep deprivation. Yeah, I’ll blame this one on sleep deprivation.

While everything you said is correct, think about the perspective of someone who doesn’t care how it works, only that it does. In this context, ports and recompilation live in the same space as emulation. You and I understand the difference, but we’re nerds. I’m playing the game I bought years (possibly decades) ago, on my pc instead of on a console, with various enhancements depending on what software I’m using and a controller that doesn’t hurt my hands. It’s emulation.

Also, the video I linked probably wasn’t the best choice to make my point, I chose it anyway because it blew my damn mind with how far the community has brought emulation-adjacent gaming.

https://youtu.be/ywWwUuWRgsM?si=Hv4-fVm5hNGF9MUZ

take a look at this and then tell me with a straight face that I should be playing Ocarina of Time on an n64.

ponder your own orb.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1910680/Orb_of_Creation/

(just a warning tho, the game is only half done and likely will never be finished, but it’s the best there is at what it does and all the pretenders suck really bad)

not in the original, you’re thinking of the thirdquil on the snes.

why don’t people use krita? Gimp may be the most famous photoshop alternative, but I almost never hear anyone talk about others that may potentially be better.

I’m an idiot making a thing, and I need to pick a license. Where’s a good place to talk to people more knowledgeable than myself on the subject?

EDIT: so my thing isn’t software, i probably should have mentioned that. I am making a ruleset and setting for something similar to but not exactly a tabletop rpg. The ORC license sounds promising, but the legalese makes my brain gray out. ChatGPT tells me to use a version of the Creative Commons license, but ChatGPT isn’t exactly reliable.

Dynamic Range Compression. VLC player has it, possibly under a different name though. Set it up on my theater pc, and I almost don’t need subtitles anymore.