garretble

joined 2 years ago
[–] garretble@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Nice! I was curious if OKC had a protest. I assumed it would, but I didn’t know for sure.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

TotK is something else. It's so good.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The mechanics on how Air Ride plays is pretty different than Mario Kart. Instead of just pressing A to go, your little star goes automatically but then when you hold A that starts to slow you down, and that's how you are able to make turns. And then when you release A you get a little boost of speed.

That sounds weird, and it is a little, but it's not just simply another kart racer. It feels much different to play.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'm all in, baby.

I'm really excited for an official way to get TotK in 60fps. No, I don't want to emulate. I still sometimes turn that game on to walk around and stumble upon stuff. It's great. And with that app, I may actually try to get all the Korok seeds.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I won't be surprised if my data is caught up in that even though I deleted my account last year (after not using it really since it was bought out).

I don't trust any of these companies to actually, really, for-real-this-time delete anything, ever.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I’ve always been a good touch typer, so the transition for me wasn’t too bad. I also use the Dvorak layout as my default since QWERTY is dogshit (though I can still use QWERTY if needed.)

On my desk actually I have a full sized (MX Keys) keyboard and my split keyboard, and I use them both all the time because I have a couple of computers I’m using at once so it’s easier.

The biggest hurdle is just setting up the “layers” on a smaller keyboard like this. I have a layer for arrow keys, and one for a 10-key and function keys, etc. The world is your oyster, really, and that much choice is a little overwhelming at first. We’ve all been told for our whole lives that keyboards have to be a certain way, so when you get free rein to do what you want it’s…a lot.

But now I don’t even think about it. It’s one of those things where if you asked me how to get to the arrow keys I’d have to think about it for a second, BUT it’s so engrained in my muscle memory I use them all the time all day for work without a hitch. If that makes sense.

I’d say I’m about the same speed for typing on this versus my other keyboards. But the Lily IS much more comfortable than any standard keyboard, that’s for sure.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Yep, 100%.

I have arrow keys, Home/End/etc., function keys, and a 10-key set up on different layers.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (7 children)

I use a Lily58 for work, and it's excellent. Obviously mine looks much different than the ones on this product page, but it's this layout.

https://keebd.com/en-us/products/lily58-pro-keyboard-kit

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I think last night I hit HR38 or so, so I have played it about 40 hours.

And I will start by saying this my first Monster Hunter. I have zero old baggage or knowledge coming in (other than trying Rise for maybe an hour because it was free on PSN+ and that not clicking at all).

Performance: I fortunately have a 120hz VRR OLED, so the 40fps mode on my PS5 is pretty solid. It feels good. No, I will not be taking questions from PC zealots at this time - though I do feel bad for you guys that it sounds like there are some issues there they need to resolve. On console it's pretty solid.

The game: I'm really enjoying it. Like I said, I don't have any prior experience really coming in, so it's all new to me. And after what felt like climbing a sheer cliffside of learning curve to understand how to just play the game, I'm vibing with most all of it now. It was really hard to adjust my brain to think that Square is NOT the attack button, but rather Circle and Triangle. But once that clicked finally, I'm Charge Blading and Bug Lancing all over the place. It's fun.

I've read some complaints here and there about the wound system, but I like it. I like doing cool moves in the middle of a fight for big damage.

The worst part of the game is playing with others. Once you get it working it's fun to play with friends. But just getting to that point is awful. I'm reminded of that meme of the three dragon heads where the two, serious ones on the left are the graphics and gameplay, and the derpy one on the right is multiplayer. I shouldn't have to look up online how to do what I'd assume is a simple thing: play with my friends. No one knows what a lobby is versus a link party versus an environment link party versus a squad...It's all too much shit up front to learn and untangle. It took my brothers and I about an hour to set up a game the first time we tried. It's madness.

But overall, I'm still enjoying this game. I don't care that it's "easier" like I hear from some people. It's fun. My sword and shield turns into a chainsaw. I'm having a good time.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I thought this joke was going to be about all the cybertrucks needing towing because of yet another recall.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

We should definitely use that same AI to teach our kids!

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

Those eggs are still cheaper than the ones today.

 

Before I jump down a big rabbit hole to try and figure out how to make a custom feed, I thought I may ask some folks here a question I've had on my mind.

I like the Discover feed generally. I like the idea - I can find some posts outside of my own followers. That's nice.

But my issue is that it often throws in posts from 20 hours+ ago. Things move too quickly, and posts that old are...too old. I wish it was at max something around 3-4 hours old.

So therein lies my question: does anyone know of a feed that's basically just the Discover feed but with better time constraints?

Thanks!

 

This is a pretty great, long form post about the structure of Bluesky, and how it's largely kinda pretending to be decentralized at the moment. I'm not trying to make a dig at it. I've enjoyed the platform myself for a while, but it's good to learn more about how it actually works.

This article was shared on Mastodon via its author here.

 

This is largely a silly post, but I'm curious if anyone has any fun conspiracy theories. Like why does Tataru need that knife on her belt? Is it because she's got some NEFARIOUS dealings going on to get all that money?

More so, I just wanted to see if anyone else believes that the Random Mount button isn't fully "random." I swear I see the same handful of mounts summoned more than others. If I see the Manacutter or Yol summoned ONE MORE TIME, I swear...

 

It’s now been about a month (somehow) since Dawntrail launched, so I assume most of us have finished the MSQ, and I’m curious about your thoughts!

For me, I actually really enjoyed not being the center of attention the whole time. It was a nice palette cleanser from the last ten years. It was fun to tag along see this whole new continent. Of course, things do end up getting more serious than that, and I was impressed they were able to get me to care about all these new people so quickly.

The new dungeons and group content all felt good. I liked that none of it seemed to be pushovers, and myself and my friends died several times figuring out the various boss battles — which is a good thing!

I just finished the story last night so I’m now at the point where there are some new quests which I assume will open up some new content. So I have no opinion there yet.

But what about you all?

 

I’m about halfway through the story at this point, but I’ve really been enjoying these new starting zones.

Something that I never really did with the previous expansions is try and do a lot of side quests as I go. It’s been fun to learn more about these new characters and their cultures.

 

So I have a weird one for you guys, and I’d like to see if anyone has ever come up across this one.

This is a Messages bug, and as far as I can tell it’s only on iPad since I’ve never seen this on my phone that has the same chats in it.

Basically it goes like this: I have a group chat with a few friends, and on iPad every so often when I open Messages and it’s on that chat (since that was the last place I left off) it’ll show me not the current state of the chat, but three messages (and only those three messages) from somewhere back in 2022.

I can only scroll up and down as far as those three messages will allow. It’s as if those are the only messages available to me.

However, if I tap the group chat again in the list, it goes back to normal. Loads everything and is fine.

I’ve never seen this happen on my phone, just my iPad. I was hoping the new update would fix it, but alas.

Has anyone ever run into this? I’m about to just tell them we need a new group chat.

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