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VileLasagna

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[he/him] The other hero pig of capitalism. Seize the memes of production, comrades

Everyone who works hard is a warrior

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Moosader , to random
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Purple is the best color.

VileLasagna ,
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@Moosader *objects in pink

VileLasagna , to random
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Watched this week's episode of "slime incarnation" and oh boy... they NAILED how to build intrigue and tension in that show. I'm simultaneously desperate for the next one but also not sure my heart could take more of the stress, LOL

Matthew , to random
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furry souls like

VileLasagna ,
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@Matthew catboy radagon when?

VileLasagna ,
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@Matthew although, good boy Maliketh is even canon already, the concept has been proven

thomasfuchs , to random
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Who are the people who constantly need AI to make summaries of emails and then go and generate a thousand-word email because a single sentence “isn’t professional”

VileLasagna ,
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@thomasfuchs "if no one could be bothered to write this, why should I be bothered to read it?"

It's depressing that basic literacy is so bad that the idea gets even considered, though it's also a matter of lacking confidence. People made to feel so insecure, with standards so twisted they think the LLM text is not only acceptable, it's somehow preferable when it's just meaningless incoherent garbage

VileLasagna , to random
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Sometimes I catch myself thinking about Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha (The Misfit of Demon King Academy) and it never ceases to amaze me how I'm actually legitimately interested in it

The show is absolutely, unquestionably trash. It is the five bucks pizza, of anime, quintessentially fast food

But it just has enough hooks and interesting stuff to keep going. It's even actually good in bursts. And while it wears it's tropes on its sleeves, it doesn't generally overcommit to them

Good trash

VileLasagna , to random
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Was just reminiscing about the original Age of Wonders. Such a great game.

Shoutout to the absolute menace that were Halfling Pony Riders and Goblin Big Beetles

I listen to that OST constantly to this day too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXXV7FagYZ8&list=PLrwWaT3GWAEf0BDbsGrbLKB8pumw9Qqmw

matthewhowell , to random
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Do you have a personal website? Any website which is primarily about you, the human being? It can be tiny, or messy, or literally anything.

Let me bookmark it, please! 🙏

VileLasagna ,
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@matthewhowell I tend to blog at https://vilelasagna.ddns.net which I self host. IRL has been pulling me every which way though, so have dropped the ball the past couple of months and so.

One can also actually follow the blog in the fediverse @tgr

greenmoonmoon , to random
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Game idea:
Hitman but in late Edo/early Meiji japan.

VileLasagna ,
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@greenmoonmoon I mean, Tenchu was kiiiiiind of that back in the day (not really but...)

Matthew , to random
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I want attention

For what? Idk, I just do

VileLasagna ,
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@Matthew You've got it. Shitpost away!

VileLasagna ,
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@Matthew Oh no. better not let him near my Elden Ring page, LOL

VileLasagna ,
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@Matthew Never did go for that achievement, it's a wild troll. That game is pretty frikkin great =3

gamingonlinux , to random
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ENDLESS Legend, 100% Orange Juice and Dragon Age: Inquisition are free to keeps https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/endless-legend-100-orange-juice-and-dragon-age-inquisition-are-free-to-keeps/

VileLasagna ,
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@gamingonlinux Machinika Museum is a good one for anyone waiting desperately on The Room 5. Good fun to be had there

Matthew , to random
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Hello

VileLasagna ,
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@Matthew sup

karolherbst , to random
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once again, why are tech-bros

VileLasagna ,
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@karolherbst IKR? Every once in a while I'm just embarrassed about being in tech and a dude just from the adjacency to those lovely, smart and reasonable people

At least being in the Fedi means I'm generally surrounded by people who also abhor them and the culture that brings them about so there's some protection there u.u

Quinnypig , to random
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I'm sorry Slack, you're doing fucking WHAT with user DMs, messages, files, etc? I'm positive I'm not reading this correctly.

VileLasagna ,
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@Quinnypig Oh yeah, I'm sure that the people who use the tool specifically made for internal business and work comms are all thrilled to find that all of their comms are being logged by an external service, amazing stuff!

VileLasagna ,
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@danblondell @Quinnypig those are for cowards

VileLasagna ,
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@tjc @Quinnypig We used to "pay for stuff so that you get security and reliability" but now paying for any service is the quickest way to get the worst version of that thng AND get robbed in the process

VileLasagna ,
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@tjc @Quinnypig Slack, Windows, Google Meet, Dropbox, basically all streaming services....

Paying for any of that is a direct route to just getting screwed over, it's simply the worst option

pikario , to random
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I originally didn't plan to do the top screen of the DS, I was skeptic about my fan-game being in a vertical format, but after this small test I think it adds a lot to the mood outdoor and it brings back memories, what do you think? 🤔
(yes it's just a static placeholder sky for now)

The player of my Animal Crossing fan-game moving around the town hall plaza, entering inside, then leaving. The thing to observe is that the screen is divided in two like a Nintendo DS setup, I've added a sky when outside on the top screen and it's black when inside.

VileLasagna ,
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@pikario It be cute in a way, but if your game is going to be played on a single screen, I'd be more interested in it just stretching out instead, with the option of a portrait mode viewport, so to speak

With no real info or gameplay on that whole section, the nostalgia factor is just getting in the way of the main event, I feel but my own AC experience IS NH only so I don't personally HAVE the nostalgia for a dual screen here at all, which tilts me the other way to begin with

VileLasagna ,
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@ScruffyBrush @pikario I DO feel like a lot of games would benefit from actually two viewports as an option if the user had them, though

I played through Wind Waker in the Wii U and that game was MAGICAL but I could see, as I was playing, how having to stop sailing to open up the map and inventory all the time WOULD get pretty old really quick

This used to be a thing for niche management games, though, splitting across monitors, COULD be something worth playing with for PC

Matthew , to random
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How is the steam deck? Is it good?

VileLasagna ,
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@Matthew Can't wait to get rid of my switch and trade it for one of those instead. Never again buying a "console" that's not just a Linux PC

Even before the Deck was announced, the Switch had already let me down so much on the one trip I took it and I had already replaced "regular" consoles with a gaming PC in the living room anyway with zero regrets

The people I know that have it only complain the battery life is a bit meh but otherwise, pure love

Matthew , to random
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my xbox 360 controller is on the FRITZ, what do, gamers? what's the good controller now?

VileLasagna ,
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@Matthew I'm a PS boy. Once my Dualshock 4s give up, I'm almost sure the replacement will be Dualsenses. If your using windows, though, back in the day there were some hoops you had to jump through which I have no idea if are still required

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I feel like this current DS2 run is the most DS2 run I've ever made, even back when platting it and the reason is: Bonfire Ascetics

Back then I knew I was going to NG+ anyway so I don't remember bothering much but this time.... reached Undead Crypt, and finally got the weapon I wanted, the Mace of the Insolent. Beat Velstadt and immediately Ascetic'd for a second one except:
"Oh wait... I need to kill Velstadt again now, huh? Oops, lol"

Was all good, even if the MotI itself is not a good here

VileLasagna OP ,
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And I've done this a couple other times already. Najka+1 is VERY MUCH on the hitlist for the Bluestone Ring +2, Mytha and Gargoyles both immediately got bumped for their NG+ rings. I'm kinda rushing towards Giant Lord to farm for souls...

And it just gives DS2 such an unique flow when compared to every other Souls game... so much more free form, it's quite amazing when it clicks

VileLasagna , to random
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WE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR ONE PIECE EPISODE 1015

WHAT A BLOODY MASTERPIECE

VileLasagna , to random
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Well, that's ONE massive relief!

My ASUS mini-PC that had been suddenly killed by Windows inititating a botched UEFI update without me looking has come back from warranty and it's alive again! Apparently they had to replace the entire motherboard which... I can see how but still feels like such a massive unforced error (just give me a forced flash like my desktop mobo)

Anyway, time to PURGE WINDOWS FROM THE LAST MACHINE IN THE HOUSE! NEVER GOING THROUGH THIS AGAIN!

Matthew , to random
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metacritic is rigged AF

gave crab souls a 79 when it's like literally the best indie game to have come out since like Celeste

VileLasagna ,
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@Matthew I mean, Ocarina of Time and Half Life 2 were like the top rated titles there of all time, or something very close to it, and I think they're both pretty mid so... Eh

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I've been playing a Best Souls 2 run again and it's kinda wild, thinking now:

1 - How the change from Magic Adjust to the separate Elemental Bonuses changed casting in weird and interesting ways

2 - How come "Weapons that Cast" are just absent from Elden Ring. I don't understand this at all

3 - Hexes and Pyromancies BOTH scaling off of int and faith, so that stat-wise they're the same build was some juicy lore potential that got a bit lost in the DS2 rework woes (as a lot of that game did)

LegendaryRedfox , to random Portuguese
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Graveyard Keeper is just goth Stardew Valley. 10/10

VileLasagna ,
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@LegendaryRedfox I loved that game. But also absolutely hated it. 10/10, don't ever want to touch a game like it again

VileLasagna ,
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@LegendaryRedfox Mostly that but the thing that ACTUALLY does it is the flow:

Most games have ups and downs in terms of tension/engagement. Say, you finish a set in a fighting game, beat a boss and unlock a new area in an adventure, reach the next bonfire in Dark Souls, etc...

But what happened to me with GK is that it was absolutely non-stop, there was never an exit point. The game never slowed down, there were always 7 different things to juggle, the whole experience was a haze of busywork

VileLasagna ,
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@LegendaryRedfox And it WAS all fun but because everything just blended and blurred together in such a mass of tasks and objectives which never had any breaks, the whole thing felt kinda suffocating at the end. I thought that automating things would help but it was maybe a bit of the opposite?

So I had long play sessions I felt a bit trapped in, I guess, so the game was a bit exhausting to play, even if it was fun

Also a cliffhanger ending? For THAT? My heart can't take a GK2, I don't think =P

VileLasagna ,
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@LegendaryRedfox Oh dang, sorry. Thought you'd finished it and didn't think of it. Hopefully nothing that'll get in the way

VileLasagna , to random
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These companies will never cease pushing increasingly unrealistic body standards

VileLasagna , to random
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For both intentional and incidental reasons, I haven't really played any recently so, yesterday, when I met up with a fellow masher, was my first time playing ABA and she is so much fun

Just some nice buttons and juicy gatlings. Also that 2S is absolutely godlike, I love that normal so much!

nixCraft , (edited ) to random
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Poll: users, do you regret buying a laptop or desktop with an Nvidia card because of drivers and other problems?

VileLasagna ,
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@nixCraft kind of? I had my ARC and my Radeon 7 both die of my workstation, leaving me with only the Maxwell Titan which not only was the weakest of the three but, yeah, has a bunch of issues, so my experience is definitely degraded.

But this did make me find out that nVidia is even worse than I previously thought

https://vilelasagna.ddns.net/coding/if-you-want-performance-maybe-you-should-drop-cuda/

VileLasagna ,
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@nixCraft on the other hand, though, the gaming PC has a 6900XT and something updated last week in arch and I had one of them (rare) rolling moments. So now half my games just crash out and I'm here desperately waiting for a new Mesa or something to fix it again

VileLasagna , to random
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Just lost an Exploding Kittens match in the most spectacular fashion

2 diffuses, one streaking and a few other utility cards in hand, match was won

Drew an EK, diffused it. Later drew a second one and decided to hold it, hoping it might get stolen

Instead the remaining player had curse of the cat butt. I had the diffuse wasted followed by playing the EK

Absolutely hilarious turnaround

This game is still a 10/10

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"Nextcloud Hub improves your performance... With AI, of course" 🤓

Read the recent article by @heiseonline to learn more about Nextcloud Assistant 2.0, even more fluid work thanks to widgets, updates in clients and apps, and much more.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Nextcloud-Hub-8-improves-performance-9698014.html

VileLasagna ,
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@nextcloud @heiseonline Come on, Nextcloud, I don't want to have to tear down my instance because it too got infected with the stochastic parrot sickness

This is an anti-feature

18+ octopuddle , to random
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Probably should restart learning and gamedev soon. Life being too tiring to anything recently.

VileLasagna ,
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@octopuddle Can sympathise, a bunch of IRL stuff has has had me running in circles recently. Finally got some breathing room to pick back up like all of the personal projects

VileLasagna ,
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@octopuddle actually managed to sell most of it. Stretched my budget quite a few weeks, lol

And yeah, always happy to nerd out :)

Moosader , to random
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What should I play on my Retroid? Either Android games with controller support, or some game from PS1/N64 era and before?

VileLasagna ,
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@Moosader If you're into RPGs, PS1 had some bangers

VileLasagna , to random
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While this is somewhat specifically framed around the particularities of the US, we all do happen to live in the same country called Capitalism so..

This whole story serves as a reminder that Liberals are NOT on the left and that as soon as they have to choose between 10 human lives and a single cent on a billionaire's pocket, the mask comes all the way off and they are immediately on the side of Capital, throwing you under as many buses as it takes

https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/does-the-public-understand-that-variant

VileLasagna , to random
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Me and the wife just watched Stretchy Pirate episode 1000 (one thousand)

"Tell me you're unemployed without saying you're unemployed"

VileLasagna , to random
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Working brain is clocked in, checking paperwork, scrolling emails, all that good stuff

Suddenly I just glance past "Do you mind? I'm masturbating"

Takes a whole half a second for said working brain to go "wait... what? What did I just read? What's going on?"

Turns out it wasn't a mistake but it was a false alarm, it was just the a regular old advert from the adult toy shop

All right, then... carry on, I guess

popcar2 , to Technology
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Microsoft shutting down a few studios today should be an eye opener for the people that are rooting for MS. It's a good reminder that it's NEVER a good thing when a massive company buys a smaller company.

Either that smaller company will slowly get worse or dissolve completely. There was a trend of people saying they should buy companies to save them and let them do their own thing, but thankfully I expect to see less of that now...

VileLasagna ,
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@popcar2 Surely THIS overt ownwership erosion and enshittification project will not turn out to make my life worse, unlike all of the other projects exactly like it that have unfailingly made my life worse all of the time for years!

thomasfuchs , to random
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There’s actual people on here who write stuff like “denouncing genocide is a slippery slope”.

Slippery slope to what?

Peace? Understanding? Happiness? Freedom?

VileLasagna ,
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@dheadshot @thomasfuchs I'd argue that even claiming that "the US is wrong in what it supports" is still missing the point

There's no "mistake", the US is the greatest source of violence, evil and oppression in the world. The misery is BY DESIGN. If it sounds hyperbolic, just look at what happens to any country in Latin America where life gets even slightly better for the people there

VileLasagna ,
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@dheadshot @thomasfuchs yeah, unfortunately there's an entire pillar of Liberal american exceptionalism extremely invested in believing that the US is somehow well intentioned, despite ceaseless evidence to the contrary, so it's always worth a reminder

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