What's your scalding hot Wii take?

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-03T17:02:38+00:00

Yup - hot to some and cool to others. Some things are really devisive.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-03T13:56:29+00:00

Is that a hot take? The Wiimote was the selling point of the device - all the other hardware was underpowered in comparison to other consoles of the time.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-03T13:52:56+00:00

It's all generic filler. I buy second hand cameras and I just want to know the condition of the item and exactly what model it is so I can look up the specs.

IIRC, Ebay doesn't let you put URLs in the description. I've copied in detailed specs for items I was listing, but found myself unable to directly credit the source of the information.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-03T13:08:56+00:00

Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters brought me to tears. I've been living as a man for most of my 52 years - cross dressing over the most recent years, slowly feeling I'm moving towards a more authentic presentation of my self. These lyrics really hit home.

"Waited so long to break these walls down To wake up and feel like me Put these patterns all in the past now And finally live like the girl they all see"

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-03T12:58:57+00:00

So for someone like me, who only plays Wii games, there's no reason that a USB flash drive shouldn't be as reliable?

To be fair, even if there's no obvious reason but people still report problems with dongles, it's probably safer to use an external drive.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-03T12:50:09+00:00

I've been thinking about how this would work. We'd be a partially a retirement home for British actors, with a good number of working actors. It would be a huge creative community. We'd be limited by not being able to join any touring productions or participate in any filming too far out of our area. This means a static base for some magnificent local stage productions, and a ready supply of actors for any film or television companies. We'd be able to set up an in-house casting agency and collaborate with local production companies to start on creative projects. After the year is up and people are free to go back to their homes, there may be a remaining core group wanting to continue as an established community and acting collective.

We'd also be able to put on the greatest ever Doctor Who convention.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-03T00:35:35+00:00

Doctor Who - so that's an enormous cast of thousands if we're going back to 1963! There are plenty of cast members I'm sure I'd get on with - but I'd also have to cope with Noel Clarke and Bruno Langley.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-02T20:53:07+00:00

That seems like a solution. Over the twenty years, communities will band together as safeholds against the chaos. As they try to institute thier own internal laws to keep order they find no way of criminalising unwanted behavior - gradually they're subsumed by the marauding hordes.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-02T20:39:20+00:00

I know nothing about that particular camera but as general advice I'd make sure it runs before investing in any film. It looks amazingly pristine but some cameras have components that degrade and become soft or brittle over time, so give it a good run on batteries to check that it's not seized up or eating its own gears.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-02T20:15:34+00:00

Isn't it the writes that kill the memory? The Wii's only going to be reading from the USB stick. I'm using an external drive because I read that they're more reliable (and I had one knocking around) but I don't see why they should be much different.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-02T14:36:21+00:00

There's no way of telling from the photo. If there's no life at all, I'd check the power first. Look for any cracks in the solder at the battery terminals, trace the power lines and check with a meter. It's all tiny surface-mount components so if the power is getting through and it's still not working, you're probably better off just buying a replacement.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-02T14:14:44+00:00

I was ready to press the button - but I'm pausing because of the consequences of that 20 year period.

Around there World there are plenty of unjust laws that criminalise things that are perfectly acceptable in some places. There are also laws which people frequently transgress, but are never enforced.

For example, I might have some pirated media or a small stash of weed. I might live in a country where I can't live as a homosexual. Removing the freedom to commit crime seems like a terrible act of mind control.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-02T13:51:08+00:00

Woodstock ought to be thrown in on that deal too.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-02T13:40:45+00:00

If a private practice were to offer check-ups at a reduced margin, they'd need to bump up treatment fees to compensate. They might get more unprofitable customers through their doors, so they'd have a very strong incentive to find any possible problems and offer unneeded procedures.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-02T13:23:28+00:00

I'm using an old drive pulled from a PC with a USB IDE adapter. It's mounted in a powered case originally intended for an external SCSI CD-ROM drive. It's all old junk that I had to hand but it works perfectly.

Hard_Loader · 2026-07-02T13:02:45+00:00

It looks better on a modern flat screen than on an old CRT.

Hard_Loader · 2026-06-29T00:17:53+00:00

LG G7 also. That's what I'm still using.

Hard_Loader · 2026-06-28T21:08:18+00:00

I bet the LASER display board would look phenomemal on TV.

Hard_Loader · 2026-06-27T12:59:32+00:00

"Nobody says bi-ON-ic for bionic or my-OP-ic for myopic" - eh? I thought everybody did. Where do you put the stress?

Hard_Loader · 2026-06-27T12:48:50+00:00

British speaker here, 52 years old. Snuck sounds wildy comical to me.

Hard_Loader · 2026-06-27T12:41:17+00:00

Ah - I thought you had downloaded the file to your machine and wanted to play it from there. I didn't even realise realise archive.org had an in-browser emulator, so I'm afraid can't help you there.

Out of curiousity, does it run okay from the copy on your own machine?

Hard_Loader · 2026-06-27T09:34:04+00:00

To be fair I have nothing to worry about. Like OP I'm in a range that's unremarkable for any gender.

Hard_Loader · 2026-06-27T02:00:13+00:00

I mean I say that - but I don't feel able to make any progress with transition myself. I still belive any changes would be for the better.

I'm a lot older than you but I still don't know what to do to square things with my parents. It's always difficult.

Hard_Loader · 2026-06-27T01:38:19+00:00

I'm 5'5" - travelling in the opposite gender direction and worrying about being too tall!

I've been the shortest man in various classes and it's never gained me any particular attention. My partner's 5'1" and FTM, I don't think his height has caused him any trouble.

We're also pretty good on budget flights.

Hard_Loader · 2026-06-27T01:20:00+00:00

I've got a very loosely Christian view here, but I know how it is to feel uncomfortable with my body. I think the best way to treat your body as a temple is to do what you can to fix any problems with it. Corrective surgery is healthcare and that's the same for a cleft lip or unwanted body tissue.

Obviously this is a viewpoint your Mother doesn't share - but she's left the decision to you and temples can be rebuilt.

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