LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]

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Cake day: May 18th, 2022

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  • When you connect a new device to a ‘smart’ tv, you must pay homage to the manufacturer with a ritualistic dance. Plugging and unplugging the device. Turning them on and off in the correct sequence like entering a konami code.

    Every time you want to switch devices, the tv must scan for them. And god forbid you lose power, or unplug something. You are granted the delight experience of doing it all over again.

    This drives me up the wall with my TV speaker - having to remember name of the settings that get reset for each power outage. If I was smart, I’d note the procedure down somewhere, but nah blob-no-thoughts

    I’d add any software that has switched to a subscription or SaaS model. Shit used to be super expensive in the past, but you could at least buy a software and keep it indefinitely for home use. It feels like everything is a subscription model. I have a family budgeting software that is no longer sold as a one-time purchase. I guess new users have to include the monthly cost of the budgeting software in their family now! Sure, the sub version has fancy ways to integrate your bank accounts, but doing it by hand every couple of weeks really makes you aware of what you are spending.

    I sound so old lmao









  • Not a childhood game, but the Japan-only SNES strategy RPG Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is a great handheld emulator game! There’s English patches for it.

    Some random games from the mid 90s and earlier that I enjoyed when I was younger:

    PS1: Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy 9, Lego Racing

    SNES: Final Fantasy 4, Super Mario World

    GBA (not of this era, but they’ll probably run on your Anbernic): Fire Emblem (any of the GBA games, but Blazing Blade aka just Fire Emblem is a great starting point), Metroid Fusion

    GBC: Link’s Awakening DX

    Edit: GB: Donkey Kong 94