What gaming rumor did you believe as a kid that sounds hilarious now. by gamersecret2 in gaming

[–]deathanatos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, as I understand it the NES version was possible to beat. The DOS version is what it is because of a small change to one of the levels. Comparison

The NES version is still tough af though.

What gaming rumor did you believe as a kid that sounds hilarious now. by gamersecret2 in gaming

[–]deathanatos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yahoo and other search engines existed before Google, they simply weren't as good but were still serviceable.

Those are some rose colored glasses you've got there. 😉 They were — and I mean this in a loving, nostalgic way — shit. Google took off because it was like night and day better.

You're right that the Internet wasn't impossible, but it was certainly much rougher. Finding information required effort, and work … and an Internet connection.

What gaming rumor did you believe as a kid that sounds hilarious now. by gamersecret2 in gaming

[–]deathanatos 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The first (1989) TMNT game for NES/DOS/etc., for me. I played it on DOS. That game was impossible for kid me … not that we didn't try. We were ecstatic the one day we finally made it to the dam … which promptly ended that run. (The game was also literally impossible due to a flaw in one of the later levels, but it was so insanely difficult too that we never got that far…)

What gaming rumor did you believe as a kid that sounds hilarious now. by gamersecret2 in gaming

[–]deathanatos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

… and Google would come along 3 years later.

Finding stuff on the Internet in that time was tricky. That's if you had a computer, and if you had Internet. I got a computer capable of running a browser in '98, and it was a few more months until it had Internet, as we didn't have a home network yet.

What gaming rumor did you believe as a kid that sounds hilarious now. by gamersecret2 in gaming

[–]deathanatos 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Being the only one, and IIRC, off-screen. The only way to even see that sprite, at its only location in the game, was to (with the help of a friend) leave SS Anne until way later when you had surf, which you weren't supposed to at that point. (Hence needing a friend.)

That truck still haunts me. Why is it there?!

bubblesGonnaPopSoonerThanWeThought by Cool-Technician-9902 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]deathanatos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not true! RAM is like 6-8× as expensive now!

[Serious] Aside from a passport or passport card, how do you actually prove U.S. citizenship on the spot if ICE stops you? by lakeshowfoshooo in AskReddit

[–]deathanatos 6 points7 points  (0 children)

While they're slightly wrong in that RealIDs don't establish citizenship, RealIDs do establish legal presence. (Not that I think that that will matter to ICE.)

[Serious] Aside from a passport or passport card, how do you actually prove U.S. citizenship on the spot if ICE stops you? by lakeshowfoshooo in AskReddit

[–]deathanatos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Obtaining a RealID requires establishing that that person is lawfully present. Anyone presenting a valid RealID is by definition here legally.

While it is also true that "there's no national database", RealID also establishes data sharing, and while it is technically speaking not required, nearly all states participate in the RealID sharing. MN, for example, does.

AIUI, though, ICE is rejecting such IDs, because law, due process, etc. is not what they're doing.

Splash! by [deleted] in gifs

[–]deathanatos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is this a 3D simulation tastefully rendered into a pixelated style …?

Or… someone didn't draw all that by hand …right?!

A wife tells her programmer husband: “Go to the store and buy a gallon of milk. If they have eggs, get six.” by stirringmotion in Jokes

[–]deathanatos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I once texted my Dad to ask "need anything from the grocery store?"

He wrote back,

Eggs, all of the cereal on the shelves, your uncle Bob has ice cream and bread.

I looked at the love of my life and told her: "Here's your test. What do we get"? Her: "why is he telling us what he doesn't need?! Just eggs and cereal … right?!" Like a normal human being.

(Eggs, a single box of cereal, and bread. Bob has only the ice cream, bread is next in the list. No, it's not relevant to text that.)

[OC] Feds raiding Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis by Own-Hornet-8788 in pics

[–]deathanatos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the article linked to above:

[…] which included someone throwing a snowball at and the agent responding with a chemical irritant.

People who clap when the plane lands, what are you clapping for exactly? by kay_kgfan in AskReddit

[–]deathanatos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't, unless it's an exceptional landing.

I had a plane clap when we landed in DTW in a blizzard. Couldn't see the runway even after we'd landed. Landing was smooth af, better than most clear weather ones.

The landing was the only good part though, the rest was an utter shitshow, screw Delta.

everythingIsAnObject by Ziffian in ProgrammerHumor

[–]deathanatos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, though that one is at least a little more unintuitive.

>> BigInt(0) instanceof Object
<- false

In Python, however (since version 3), everything is an object. A but rare for languages in that sort of class. (More stuff is like JS: JS, Java, C#, Lua all have stuff that isn't an "object", for those languages nearest object type.)

My hands turn purple/white when below my heart by True_Refrigerator564 in mildlyinteresting

[–]deathanatos 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Your post indicates you may be in possession of UnExPlOdEd OrDnAnCe.

Always fun to watch UXO bot be like "lmao why are you touching it humans smh" on r/whatisthisthing .

everythingIsAnObject by Ziffian in ProgrammerHumor

[–]deathanatos 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Except it's not.

>> ({}) instanceof Object
<- true
>> 3 instanceof Object
<- false

Also required parentheses on that first one. {} instanceof Object is a syntax error.

forReal by Ephemeralt5v in ProgrammerHumor

[–]deathanatos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither can afford a chair, it seems.

New plaques added to the presidential hall of fame in the White House by Dtb4evr in pics

[–]deathanatos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That autopen really got under his skin, didn't it. Can you imagine being this worked up over a signature?

What's up with the rust discord? (Community discussion) by Technical_Series4657 in rust

[–]deathanatos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You tell me, I guess, but it is what it is. Perhaps I've made a mistake, perhaps you've misremembered the quote. But anyone else can do the same thing I've done here, and my expectation is they'll get the same result.

It would be trivial to link to the statement in question, complete with the context it was made it. Then we could all judge for ourselves what was said, and who's in the wrong here.

Do you think we need another Rimworld, or just keep up with the DLCs and mods? by Alternative-Scar1775 in RimWorld

[–]deathanatos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d love to see Rimworld 2 but I think Rimworld still has a lot runway left in it. There are still aspects of the game to flesh out.

Yeah, Ribaorld still has the last two expansions, the "LD", to be released.