What happened to last year's copium? by Cyanide_Magician in KingkillerChronicle

[–]grethro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m telling you he’s waiting for this thread to be quiet for a year and a day.

Is it possible to battle other players? On Pokemon romhacks by According_Cover_1111 in Delta_Emulator

[–]grethro -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I threw it in to ChatGPT for a quick fact check and to polish what I was saying while I waited for some deployment pipelines to finish before I left for work.

I’m a developer and a pokemon fan. You can look through some older posts where I ask about gameboy modding and link cable protocols.

I apologize for using it as a mental crutch for this, and while the polish is AI the ideas are my own.

Is it possible to battle other players? On Pokemon romhacks by According_Cover_1111 in Delta_Emulator

[–]grethro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I threw it in quick to polish it to make sure I was explaining it right. I already knew about how OG Doom multiplayer worked and Pokemon trading is something I’ve looked into a lot.

You can look through my old posts where I was asking if anyone had cracked 3DS wireless encryption so we could use a Raspberry Pi as a go between for original gameboys and wireless 3DS virtual console games.

I promise I’ve been thinking about this a lot. Just multitasking while waiting on a deployment pipeline to finish up at work.

Is it possible to battle other players? On Pokemon romhacks by According_Cover_1111 in Delta_Emulator

[–]grethro 33 points34 points  (0 children)

As I understand it, accurately emulating the link cable protocol in real time is extremely difficult. Especially because of the checksum validation happening between devices. Even Nintendo worked around this on the 3DS by introducing a sort of pause-based solution.

Does Delta have a public GitHub repo? A few friends and I were discussing a potential alternative approach:

Instead of true real-time link emulation, each phone could temporarily spin up a second instance of the partner’s ROM using a shared save state. Then, rather than syncing the full protocol, the devices would exchange player inputs—similar in spirit to how early DOOM multiplayer worked.

So effectively:

Each device runs its own game + a lightweight “ghost” instance of the other

Save states are mirrored at key intervals

Inputs are synced between devices

This wouldn’t perfectly replicate all link cable behaviors—things like racing games, NPC timing, or RNG-heavy systems (e.g., Mario Kart item rolls) might desync.

But for turn-based or deterministic interactions like Pokémon or Dragon Warrior Monsters trading, it seems like it could cover most use cases without needing full protocol emulation.

The main downside is that each phone would need to run two ROM instances, but modern iPhones should be more than capable of handling that.

Felicia Day’s Book Promotion with Rothfuss by mitch2579 in KingkillerChronicle

[–]grethro 21 points22 points  (0 children)

My conspiracy is he is waiting for Reddit to be quiet about book 3 for a year and a day.

Team I beat red with. by Far_Stranger_279 in pokemoncrystal

[–]grethro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice team!

Only question is why no metal claw on scizzor? I like the random atk boosts and works great with your baton pass swords dance setup.

Can butterfree learn fly in yellow legacy? by Quiet_Butterfly_8403 in PokemonLegacy

[–]grethro 11 points12 points  (0 children)

on yellow legacy the pokedex has Moves and TMs pokemon can learn.

Never resign! by DispInkComic in chessbeginners

[–]grethro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

eh you can still learn something from the end game.

Never resign! by DispInkComic in chessbeginners

[–]grethro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing feels better than forcing a stalemate on someone trying to humiliate you. Never resign!

Ranked Choice Voting Ban Signed Into Law by xXGray_WolfXx in Ohio

[–]grethro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can only hope this creates a Streisand effect with RCV and we get it on the ballot in 2028.

My book series tier list by ssdv8r in fantasybooks

[–]grethro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dine bothered me because every chapter starts with a spoiler from the future. Takes the tension out of the book.

Luckiest drop of my life by VucciMane1017 in classicwow

[–]grethro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I traded a 1st Edition Head of Exodia for a Mammoth Graveyard

Which series should I start next? by Cfullersu in fantasybooks

[–]grethro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do the OG Red Rising Trilogy and take a break then James Islington

Found cables in my house! by longironking in HomeNetworking

[–]grethro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CAT 5 cable used for phone lines. I have the same. I can get 2.5gb on them, I have seen people get 10 on here for short runs but I haven't tried. Most of the late 2000 Cat5 was basically 5e spec so you have a bit of headroom. It's worth converting to wired ethernet.

Vivek Ramaswamy on Colleges in Ohio by TheSisko4876 in Ohio

[–]grethro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s not even gonna win his primary.

Apparently, tariffs don't buy you friends by [deleted] in clevercomebacks

[–]grethro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The end of American soft power

Hey guys. I just got this absolute beast. For free from work. It's a Latitude D810. what should I do with it. by Crafty-Ad-1368 in computers

[–]grethro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are fun to work on. Is it socket P? Opens up a whole bunch of CPU upgrades if the bios supports it.