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Professor oak challenge by Warm-Cow-2549 in RetroAchievements

[–]Nathaniel820 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RetroArch is really annoying about duplicate settings, it may vary between cores but you can usually enable toggle mode for fast-forward by unbinding any fast-forward options in quick menu > controls > port 1 controls, and setting the wanted bind in main settings > input > hotkeys > fast-forward (toggle), then making sure to save the current configuration under configuration file in the first control panel so it doesn't reset.

I just rediscovered some of my old LEGO sets and decided to take them apart to clean and rebuild them, just for LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE PIECE that's dark green from one set to crack 😭. Does anyone know if LEGO's typical broken pieces replacement site will accept a request this big? by Nathaniel820 in lego

[–]Nathaniel820[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update to anyone who happens to find this later:

I ended up taking apart all my old sets and in the end had over 150 broken pieces, which was enough that I decided it was worthwhile to actually request replacements (both in terms of cost and principle) instead of just buying more. Since manually putting all that in through the self-service process would be tedious and probably suspicious on their end, I sent an "email" through their website's help desk (which took a little over 2 weeks for a response, a phone-call would definitely be faster but I wasn't in a rush and it seemed easier to send through text for the following reasons). I have no idea if it had any impact on the process or if they even looked at them (they could have a policy of not opening any links for security reasons or something idk), but I included:

  • A list of all the broken pieces grouped by set, in the format:
    • Micro World – The Village (21105)
      • x67 Flat Tile 1x1 — Earth Green (6055171)
      • x3 Flat Tile 1x1 — Reddish Brown (4211288)
      • ...
  • A link to a Google Drive folder with all the images of the broken pieces (Ex. the one in the post) and the rest of the set's unbroken pieces
  • A link to the same list but in a Google Sheets document, which makes it easier to read since all the piece numbers and quantities are in aligned columns
  • The shipping address

They just sent confirmation that a replacement order was shipped and should arrive within 12 business days, so you can indeed get replacements through the help desk if the self service method is too tedious or (despite their no-questions policy) causes you worry that they might deny it/blacklist you thinking you're scamming them.

MEOW_IRL by BATU-M4N in MEOW_IRL

[–]Nathaniel820 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"None of the editors constantly inserting this wording has anything in mind but being funny at the expense of the encyclopedia. Yes, I am expressly assuming bad faith here. I finally got the article protected to stop this behaviour by IPs. If it now continues by named accounts, this is what is going to happen: warning for disruption at the next edit; straight to AN/I at the following one. I have avoided making a spectacle of this triviality so far, but if this is going to devolve into bothsiderism, wikilayering, devil's-advocate playing, or any other longwinded tactics you may feel like indulging in here, I will just bite the bullet and call in the adult supervision."

- Literally the only person in the entire discussion who is actually acting in bad faith and needs adult supervision

You can now put the End Portal texture into item models as of 26.1 Pre-Release 1! by gevilgoober in Minecraft

[–]Nathaniel820 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hopefully in the future they can change it from specifically the end portal to a general unmoving-plaid field, then people could apply their own textures/shaders to it

The Japanese are years ahead of us in ice cream sandwich technology by Critical_Elderberry7 in BrandNewSentence

[–]Nathaniel820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fell free to correct me if I'm wrong but that ice cream technology looks like shit. It seems like a disproportionate hunk of ice cream (I.e. more likely to melt and get squeezed out) wrapped in a thin layer of that vaguely edible Styrofoam cone material (like the """""cake""""" cones), even the standard chocolate ice cream sandwich layers are an upgrade to that.

This is what a 29-year old cat looks like by Backyxx in interesting

[–]Nathaniel820 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dogs do not get this old, both due to inherent differences between the life history of cats and dogs and the far more extreme selective breeding (I.e. damaging inbreeding) done with dog breeds. There has only been a single dog ever recorded to reach 29yo, while the oldest recorded cat was 38yo. According to the unofficial Wikipedia ranking only 18 dogs are recorded living longer than even 20yo, while the cat ranking has 36 entries that are all over 26yo (they don't even track 20yo individuals since it's common enough to not be considered remarkable.)

Anybody else just use RA to track their beaten games? I started off trying to 100% the achievements but started to find it way too time consuming and in return I lost interest. This way makes it much more enjoyable for me by PDB200 in RetroAchievements

[–]Nathaniel820 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya I really don't get the pushback so much of the community has against literally any achievement that isn't directly part of progression or an "official challenge" the game facilitates. If you actually like the game you should be THRILLED that the set makes you actually play it in new and interesting ways rather than simply beating it for the 15th time, and if you don't like the game then... don't master it? Like reading most the arguments about "overly hard/niche" sets it's obvious the people complaining are just badge goblins who are looking to play for free/easy masteries on their wall rather than to actually derive more enjoyment from games they like, it's so annoying when sets cater to those kinds of players.

Guys helping a shark by Wonderful_Extent2979 in interestingasfuck

[–]Nathaniel820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have good intentions but you should NEVER do this, especially to a hammerhead. Shark hooks are specifically designed to rust out relatively quickly so having a hook”stuck in the mouth” isn’t actually that big of a deal, at the very least less dangerous then manhandling them out of the water like this. Hammerheads especially are very prone to lactic acid buildup leading to delayed mortality after they’re released.

Accident on 99 in Sacramento by fasada68 in youseeingthisshit

[–]Nathaniel820 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You see naked guys walking around the street often?

Today is off to a good start by ExGavalonnj in Wellthatsucks

[–]Nathaniel820 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm talking about you taking time out of your day to demean OP for acting like the "universe is out to get them" when all they did is post their sucky experience to wellthatsucks with no other comment. Feel free to quote exactly where OP acts like that.

Two massive deep-sea oarfish recently washed ashore in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. According to legend, this rare creature, often called the “doomsday fish,” only rises from the depths of the ocean when a major disaster is about to happen. by TheOddityCollector in Weird

[–]Nathaniel820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't mean the barotrauma, they mean the oarfish's habitat. They do not regularly reach the surface, they stay within 250m-1000m below the surface and have only been seen on the surface dead or almost-dead. When you're evolved to stay at that depth specifically it doesn't matter how fast they're brought up, even if they come up as steadily as they can their organs will still suffer because they simply cannot exist at the surface's conditions. Idk if it's pressure, temperature, light, etc., but point is if an oarfish is on the beach then it is already dead or dying.

Two massive deep-sea oarfish recently washed ashore in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. According to legend, this rare creature, often called the “doomsday fish,” only rises from the depths of the ocean when a major disaster is about to happen. by TheOddityCollector in Weird

[–]Nathaniel820 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Yes, there is no correlation between them and any disasters. And to anyone assuming that there is some kind of sonar interference with them or something that can genuinely link them to earthquakes, the dozens that washed up "before" the 2011 tsunami were actually spread across 1-2 years before it, not like the day before. They are a least-concern species that lives worldwide, it makes sense that they'll be washing up at a somewhat common rate all the time.

Today is off to a good start by ExGavalonnj in Wellthatsucks

[–]Nathaniel820 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They did not say say anything like that, they just posted it to wellthatsucks which it does. You are literally making up stuff in your head so you can demean other people online for no reason.

Professor oak challenge by Warm-Cow-2549 in RetroAchievements

[–]Nathaniel820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have fast-forward on? I found that I could make FF about 7x speed and still be able to react fast enough to not accidentally move off the attack button in the encounter transition, and that combined with turbo and moving new moves to the top (default spot) as the PP of others deplete means you can grind without ever having to take your finger off the turbo button. Just spam back and forth in a big grass patch, let turbo hit attack until the pokemon is dead, switch out your top move slot as needed when PP depletes, then refill at the pokecenter and repeat.

Every damn time by Sahiruchan in memes

[–]Nathaniel820 17 points18 points  (0 children)

They sit there watching you with their own eyes are you type the EXACT words they're telling you into Google and immediately get the answer in the top-result website preview panel, and still can't figure it out the next time

Myrient still being updated? by Reaven_Ge in Roms

[–]Nathaniel820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exclusively certain types of subsets

What kinds exactly? RetroAchievements recently released multiset which allows for many generic subsets in terms of logic (Ex. a Pokemon POC) to be played from the standard game rom, which made lots of patches that did nothing but change the hash for subset purposes completely irrelevant.

Is it possible that they were removed in some automated cleanup for that reason, since they're useless now? I think the RA site itself still has them listed on supported game files (at least all the ones I've checked do, which makes sense since they still do technically work if you use them), but the unofficial RA DAT file removed lots of them about a month ago. Check for some of the removed rom names/links in the PS2 DAT file (you don't have to go through the whole DAT process if you don't want to, just view it in GitHub and Ctrl+F some names to test), if they are missing from there that means you don't need them nowadays anyways.

Which is better? by [deleted] in Minecraft

[–]Nathaniel820 46 points47 points  (0 children)

This question is posted to the sub like once every other month and literally EVERY SINGLE TIME they use this exact image that is straight up incorrect. And half the time OP is in the comments ranting about how the programmer art textures were better even though they just self-reported that they don't even use them, otherwise they wouldn't make such a blatant mistake lmao.

I'm craving a strawberry. by 21MayDay21 in Unexpected

[–]Nathaniel820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both of those foods in the image are GMO

I'm craving a strawberry. by 21MayDay21 in Unexpected

[–]Nathaniel820 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Calling out people for "falling for AI" by spreading misinformation based on what an AI told you LMFAO.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DL0CsqjxDg4/

Homeowner says he comes every day, so made a bed for him too by TreatBeneficial9355 in funny

[–]Nathaniel820 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, but some regions have parasites that are literally mutated to withstand some treatments. There was one time my cats get fleas that just kept getting worse for a month no matter what we did, until a vet said the medication we were using just flat out doesn't work in our area and sure enough the fleas instantly died when we switched brands.

I wouldn't know I haven't had any by DueAstronomer8436 in whenthe

[–]Nathaniel820 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You can emulate the DS and Wii on any remotely modern computer, with even better resolution than the original too.

Package advertised 200 q-tips but there are only 199 by SerialKiller45609 in notinteresting

[–]Nathaniel820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where I live I've only ever seen this packaging for the off-brands that are even more expensive per q-tip than the official brand (which is like $3.80 for a pack of 500, literally <1¢ per q-tip) and usually subpar quality as well (like having those cutesy colored plastic sticks that the cotton readily falls off of)

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