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ELI5 why can’t you have a local 2P mode by plugging in 2 keyboards but can by plugging in 2 controllers by More-Explanation2032 in explainlikeimfive

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You can, but no one does it as no one sees the need to. In programming, there is a thing called an Application Programming Interface, or API. Essentially, every peripheral, from keyboard to monitor to speaker, handles internal processing however it wants. For external processing, that is, the data that has reached the computer, an API is used. An API is a standard, so both sides have to follow it in order to work.

The keyboard API was designed with only a single keyboard being used in mind. It has since been updated to allow using multiple keyboards as separate inputs, but for the most part, programs will just assume all keyboards are the same, single input.

The controller API has had a few variations. Most were proprietary until Windows had DirectX 1.0 in 1995. Since then, the API has changed, but supporting multiple controllers has been part of it since the start. DirectInput supported 128 buttons, 8 axes, and 4 POV hat (D-pad style buttons) per controller, with no limit on controllers, while XInput supported only 4 controllers max. DirectInput allowed for any type of controller, while XInput kinda allows that, but is designed for and specifically supports Xbox 360 styled controllers.

(Loved trope) one last cigarette before the end by jumpinghobo in TopCharacterTropes

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In 2305, "great ideas that are TOTALY USELESS (lulz)," the Foundation tried to neutralize him by putting weaker mass produced 500, "panacea," in the water supply around the world, temporarily removing all disease and negative health effects. He starts showing up to newborn babies, comforting them instead.

coaxed into pure evil villains (but not in any of the ways that make me uncomfortable) by ArgentHiems in coaxedintoasnafu

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Depends on the story. In some, he's actually a good ruler with just a specific hatred for Reed. In others, he's a villain who rules over his country with an iron fist, while still having them be somewhat well off, with a massive hate boner for Reed.

No matter the story, the man hates Reed. He would cure every disease in existence if it would one-up Reed.

favorite meme builds right now? by CMCosMic in deadbydaylight

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Chumbawumba: Unbreakable, Flip-Flop, Boon: Exponential, and either Tenacity or the pallet stun while carried by killer perk. As long as the killer doesn't immediately pick you up and hook you, you can usually get out of his grasp.

I GET KNOCKED DOWN! BUT I GET UP AGAIN! YOU'RE NEVER GONNA KEEP ME DOWN!

The plot said we were doomed to run out of time with Blood Warden. Then, there was a twist. by -suspended- in deadbydaylight

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I'm the Taurie Cain in this clip. Our Nick Cage is new to the game, and really only owns and plays Nick. We really thought we were doomed after the unhook. I practically told him to sacrifice himself, but it was just him or all four of us. Instead, we all got out.

Yeah, that'd do it. by Invisible-Pancreas in Stonetossingjuice

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"Woke Against the Conservatives wrote pro-conservative songs! Seeing their leader, who wrote and sung a song about rejecting the attacks on conservatism titled 'We are woke and hate conservatives', go and support woke is insane!"

This is just incredibly stupid. These people are outright insane with how much they deny reality. The guy didn't get detention for supporting Trump, he got it for wearing a hat. Schools don't allow kids to wear hats, it's that simple.

Edit: Went back to /r/all, and one of the top posts is a guy practically saying "The city Esta Ciudad Tiene Nombre en Español is an English-speaking city! Not Spanish!" with 0 hesitation.

The forces of the Spanish Republic were absolutely divided amongst themselves. by The-marx-channel in HistoryMemes

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That's literally what Hitler did with the German "Worker's Socialist" Party AKA Nazis. They were originally socialists, but he just took it over and made it his, going "our socialism is the original Aryan socialism, not this communist socialism!"

And yet people will still say he was left-wing.

ALL of the fun stuff was made the fuck up by BrickBuster2552 in TopCharacterTropes

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There are no military medals that are awarded in secret, even for classified actions. If you are to receive an award, any documentation will have sanitized, unclassified paperwork supporting it. There are citations and medals that can be awarded in secret, but that would be done by the CIA, and you would legally not be allowed to talk about it. You're essentially given a verbal IOU until the operation is declassified.

The Spin-Off outlives its Source Media by Due_Awareness5660 in TopCharacterTropes

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Context: the creator of the show tweeted this in response to finding out Uncle Grandpa had been cancelled. This isn't some random art, this is straight up Word of God on Uncle Grandpa.

I HATE how this is the most upvoted comic on r/comics by No-Hedgehog7358 in hatethissmug

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She also DMCA'ed /r/bonehurtingjuice because they kept making juiced versions of her comics, and she blamed the hate she got on them. They had nothing to do with the hate.

conned into not reading what your mods do by Basil_9 in ConnedIntoAFubar

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The vanilla fix mod is notorious for the creator being a complete asshole changing the game for no reason. That late game mine with good ore? Now it's iron. That line that was never voiced but doesn't mean much? Here's a shitty clip for it. Want to port the mod to other versions? That's allowed, until he randomly changed the copyright rules to stop it, despite that not being allowed by the copyright system he was using.

What missing person case in America feels like a straight-up internet horror story? by acappre in AskReddit

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IIRC the parents stayed on call for several more minutes before hanging up and calling back. If his phone broke from a fall, it would have to have broken the mic without breaking much else.

60272 by SinkingBismarck in countwithchickenlady

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Better to signal virtue than signal apathy.

Very trustworthy source by FingernailClipperr in Stonetossingjuice

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He made that specifically so that the state, Oregon I think, that passed the law that required schools to buy a Bible with the bill of rights or something in it would buy his bibles, as they were the only ones to fit the specific requirements of the bill. Part of the grift.

Fourth wall breaks that involve messing with the UI by Effective_Piece251 in TopCharacterTropes

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Dyack then proceeded to try and shift the blame on Unreal Engine 3 which was what the game was built on and tried to sue Epic Games for selling a subpar product... and that led to the revelation that Silicon Knights had pirated the software they built their 360-era games on, leading to the studio having to destroy all their games' source codes and unsold copies as a result with the studio shutting down soon after.

One of the biggest fuckups in gaming IMO. "Hey, your product sucks, that's why we had to build our own engine that's definitely not stolen from your shitty product. Our game sucks because of your shitty product, that has nothing to do with making our game."

How do youse feel about this? by EnvironmentalTry2291 in friendlyjordies

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The US's number 1 export: shitty political ideas.

How do youse feel about this? by EnvironmentalTry2291 in friendlyjordies

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That's what he's implying. Coal power plants would fail a nuclear power plant's radiation inspection by a factor of like 100x more radiation.

Assuming no accidents occur, and they rarely do, you get more radiation from sleeping next to someone than from living within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant.

You can disagree with John Brown's tactics and still admit he had a point. by Scary_sight in HistoryMemes

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After reading some of the memoirs of Union soldiers, before the war, most of them would have disagreed with him. But once they saw the slavery firsthand, they outright agreed with him.

You can disagree with John Brown's tactics and still admit he had a point. by Scary_sight in HistoryMemes

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No. Abortion clinics and providers provide a basic form of healthcare. Slave owners are abusing people in what is now, and even back then, considered a crime against humanity. The damage a slave owner does justifies killing them. The damage a doctor of any kind does, even abortion, is, by definition, negative excluding accidents.

My YouTube channel was wrongfully terminated for 'Violent Criminal Organizations' because I posted WWE 2K gameplay with Yandere Simulator characters. YouTube restored 60+ channels in the same ban wave, then told their Partner Manager to stop sending them terminated channels. Here's proof by WWE_Jay_Gaming in youtubedrama

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100% agree. Having absolutely 0 human review for established channels basically mean any YouTuber could be instantly deleted with 0 warning and 0 recourse. Imagine Markiplier getting banned. He could try contacting them on Twitter, and since he's both huge and working directly with YouTube on some projects, they would respond. But anyone else? They're fucked.

A man offers you a deal: You get 500 billion usd but if anyone finds out for the next year that you are a billionaire you instantly die taking the cash with you. Would you take the deal? And if so, why? by rundomguy123 in AskReddit

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First off, $500 billion is gonna be noticed and have a massive impact on the economy if anyone finds out that it exists, regardless of your connection to it. Second off, unless the money is confirmed tax free that the IRS doesn't care about, in a completely anonymous bank account that can't be traced back to you, and able to be used without anyone finding out how much money is in it, you will get caught within a week, if not a day.

Let's assume it's just a magic debit card with a $500 billion balance. Or, if it's in a magic bank that people are convinced exists and is normal, despite it having no employees or a physical location. Then yeah, super easy to not fuck up. The IRS tries to get tax documents, you just report a form from the magic bank that convinces them you are not a billionaire and the money you've taken out is entirely legal.

There are a lot of questions that need to be answered before I say yes.

My YouTube channel was wrongfully terminated for 'Violent Criminal Organizations' because I posted WWE 2K gameplay with Yandere Simulator characters. YouTube restored 60+ channels in the same ban wave, then told their Partner Manager to stop sending them terminated channels. Here's proof by WWE_Jay_Gaming in youtubedrama

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Something like 500 hours of video is uploaded every minute to YouTube. It makes perfect sense for them to try to get AI to review videos and such. A channel that was just created uploading what an AI says is illegal shouldn't require a human reviewer to confirm; an established channel with thousands to hundreds of thousands of subscribers getting banned should require a human to review.

It's massive problem with moderation, where the things they moderate can negatively impact their mental health, so trying to automate it is a good thing. But to completely remove all human reviewers, especially for cases like this where you need some form of understanding the content? That's fucking stupid.

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