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chaotic_disorganizer, in What do you mean "over"? That's impossible!

Do not be sad for the good show being over, be happy they dont churn out sequel after sequel with no real story in it for the sake of profit.

xusontha,

I know it’s better but it’s still a little sad…

funkless_eck,

part of the reason why I loved both Succession and The Americans were they were written with an idea they would both end (plus incredible writing and performances in both).

ViciousTangerine, in Truly an advancement

I, for one, am absolutely boggled right now

UsernameLost, in Truly an advancement

Man, it was really cool growing up with the evolution of graphics. Went from N64 to PS1, Xbox, and all the way through today. Every step of the way was awesome

M500,

I completely agree. I think the 360 era was the last time it felt like there was a huge jump in graphics. Everything since then seems to just be a slow drip of improvements.

I’m not saying thing aren’t amazing these days, but ps4 vs ps5 isn’t as different as ps1 to ps2 was.

HerrVorragend,
@HerrVorragend@lemmy.world avatar

I play games since the 8-bit era.

The last time I was amazed by graphics was when playing GTA V on my PS3 around 10 years ago.

It felt like a next gen game on a last gen console (because it was).

Everything since then has only seen gradual change it seems.

crashoverride,

I played ever since the Atari days. The biggest jumps were Atari to super Nintendo, SNES to ps1, ps1 to 1080p, 1080 p to 4k, all very noticeable and next-gen graphics jumps from one to the next

bjoern_tantau,
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

Strange how perception works. The last time I was really amazed by graphics was with Unreal. I could admire the castle in the intro for hours.

The Doom 3 alpha was astonishing as well. But by the time it was released it felt like just another gradual advancement among all the other games.

Maybe it’s a console vs PC thing where console players would get and incredible leap with each generation whereas PC players saw all the steps to reach the next generation.

SquareBear,

I remember the jump from Wolfenstein to Doom then Doom to Quake yeah good times.

HerrVorragend,
@HerrVorragend@lemmy.world avatar

Man, Unreal was one of the leaps for sure! Loved that game.

Yeah, consoles tended to be bigger steps, but the steps get extremely small. PS4 to PS5 did not feel like a real graphical step at all to me

UsernameLost,

Looking back, there were definite jumps between generations, but at the time it definitely felt gradual after xbox->360/PS2->PS3. The jump to Xbox/PS2 was incredible at the time

M500,

For reference, my first console was an nes. But I think the PS2 era was the last great era of games.

Once we had online connectivity, everything kind of got worse. Broken games to be patched later, micro transactions, the loss of local multiplayer.

I almost only play indie games these days or I emulate titles from the ps2 and earlier. It’s a shame that the magic gaming had before the internet has been lost.

owatnext,

I went from PS3 to late-stage PS4 (think TLOU2). You can’t convince me that wasn’t a pretty big jump between one generation.

BobsonDugnutt,

I think the next ten or so years will be about graphics and the scale of maps… I imagine a pirate game where we can sail around the the whole damn world…

Oh and the waves look really frothy and cool

HonoraryMancunian,

Went from N64 to PS1

Other way round, non?

crashoverride,

PS1 definitely had the better graphics

theangryseal,

No way. Janky textures that moved around more than the character onscreen is not better.

A lot of PS1 games had really neat pre-rendered sets, but it didn’t really come close to N64 in terms of clarity.

I grew up with both of them. My best friend had the PS1 and I had the N64.

The PS1 had more great games though.

crashoverride,

Yes way. My ps1 looked much better than my buddies n64

theangryseal,

I’m telling you, watch a comparison video on YouTube.

Maybe the only n64 game you ever seen was Superman 64 haha.

Rubanski, (edited )

Pretty sure that the N64 with proper floating point calc had a more advanced GPU but with the TV at the times the PS1 took advantage of the small resolution. Added higher storage for textures it did look better than the N64. If you compare them now, the N64 doesn’t have that “jittery jumpy” feel of PS1 3D graphics, especially visible on emulators

Aurenkin, in Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

I’m sure it’s useful to some but I just ended up blocking it

greenskye,

Same. Also all those tldr bots too

Sharkwellington,

Padme: Because you read the article, right?

Kecessa,

“The article was 7945 words long and was shortened to 248 words.”

Yeah, I’m sure I’m not missing out on anything bud

klemptor,

Welp I don’t know why that never occurred to me, I feel like a moran.

bighatchester, in This is the way

Just the other day I had my year in review . My couch went over how much I improved and the great job I’m doing and for all that I get a raise for $0 . Meanwhile my rent , car insurance and grocery bill has increased alot . Hopefully one of the jobs I applied for today get back to me soon .

ignotum,

To be fair, i don’t think your couch is in a position to be giving out raises

isVeryLoud,

You never know, it could be one of those rising recliners!

herrherrmann,

A great comeback, thank you.

bighatchester,

Lol typo

InputZero,

I’m glad that you didn’t edit it, that’s hilarious.

SnowBunting,

Good luck. You can do it.

EherVielleicht, in Today and the rest of my LIFE!!!
CADmonkey, in I was around during the stone age of the internet

I remember AOL on 3.5 floppies. You could put tape over a specific hole and re-use the disk.

teft,
@teft@startrek.website avatar

You could do that with any copy protected floppy. That was the little sliding tab in the corner. Tab open = read-only. Tab closed = read & write.

CADmonkey,

I remember the AOL disks not having the sliding tab, either it had been pried out or it was just a disk that didn’t have it.

Bene7rddso,

AOL didn’t want you to reuse them so they didn’t have the tab

teft,
@teft@startrek.website avatar

Correct. Any disks that the company didn’t want erased, like marketing disks, didn’t have the slide tab. Hence the op mentioning they used tape instead.

Senuf,

Same principle as with cassettes/music tapes.

EternalNicodemus, in Living in glass houses
@EternalNicodemus@lemmy.world avatar

Feels old

xxd, in Eruption also works... 🌋

I’m completely out of the loop on this one. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Track_Shovel,
@Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net avatar

Eddie Van Halen’s guitar looked like this.

xxd,

ohhhh thank you!

MuhammadJesusGaySex, in The battle happened in 1066, but this painting is dated 106ix9nine

That’s pretty funny, but also fuck that snitchin ass rat. I have no respect for snitches, and I hope he has to deal with the repercussions of his choices for the rest of his life.

radicallife, in Saw a news story people about people getting arrested for at Wal-Mart for forgeting to scan one item

Donald suggests you be shot

Chunk, in UBI works too

Okay all you commies get ready for politics 101

First don’t rely on morals to make your argument. It, unfortunately, does not change capitalist minds.

Second, frame your argument in capitalist rhetoric. For example you can say, “UBI is important to stimulate the economy by enabling Low-Income-Americans to spend more on essentials.”

Seriously, not joking, this is how you change people’s minds.

HonoraryMancunian,

No argument from me

Killing_Spark,

The argument “you don’t need ubi in a non-capitalist world” doesn’t work in a capitalist framing

huge_clock,

I am a libertarian. One thing I think people of all political stripes need to do is to start judging policy proposals by their outcomes and stop judging policy proposals based on their intentions. So you want minimum wage because a higher minimum wage will lower poverty? But is raising minimum wage the right way to achieve that goal?

Here are ten studies that provide some evidence that raising minimum wage does a poor job of lowering poverty:

1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

See the thing with every policy is that it creates unintended consequences. If you tax gas, gas becomes more expensive and the price of food goes up, if you add zoning regulations it makes it harder to build and house prices go up, if you raise wages through legislation (even though we all want to make high wages) that raises the costs to businesses and they have to raise prices or reduce labour at the margin. This has the effect of helping specifically minimum wage workers but for people without a job making it harder to find one. In the long term prices will go up to make minimum wage feel like less than it used to, necessitating the need for constant minimum wage increases. Do you really want to be fighting the same fight all the time over minimum wage only to have it raised when it’s far too late and most people are already making more than the minimum wage? What a waste of political will.

IMO UBI is a great option, Milton Friedman was famously very pro-UBI, but also need to be sensible about what regulations and laws we are passing and use a science and evidence-based approach, not one that sounds good when you first hear it.

lurch, in reverse Indy

Aztec José

papel,

Pulpy, but I’d go with Tabasco Aztlan

Starshader, in Cool Pokemon fact: One day you will answer for your actions, and god may not be so merciful

Oh yeah god ? Do you want to compare MY shitty actions to YOURS ? DUEL !

trollblox_, in I am above average!

fuck im 17 for only 9 more months wtf do I do

Squirrel,
@Squirrel@thelemmy.club avatar

Lower your standards?

Pringles,

Jokes aside, it’s all about confidence. If anything, fake it 'till you make it. I was terrible with girls for a long time until I stopped caring and just went for it. Then I was amazed how easy it was.

rotopenguin,
@rotopenguin@infosec.pub avatar

That is excellent good advice that everyone should follow and implement fully.

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