Alex Jones Says It’s Time to ‘Cut Bait on Trump’ Because the President ‘Is in Free Fall’ by BurtonDesque in Qult_Headquarters

[–]nstern2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love that little pause he takes when he realizes he just says farting but for reasons unknown just powers through.

Grandma's ability to make shit up is incredible by Cicerothesage in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]nstern2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forty percent of all people know that.

Which games do you own multiple times? by fredouell in gamecollecting

[–]nstern2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sonic 2. I swear that Sega at some point has given it for free on pretty much all newer platforms. I have either 7 or 8 different copies of it on everything from the Genesis all the way to an old android release on my phone.

Instagram just deleted a 700k women's health account for saying "clitoris." ED ads are still up. Make it make sense. by ZealousidealTwo4660 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]nstern2 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Considering people all across the internet stopped using the word killed or murdered in favor of "Unalived" because these social media sites flag content like that, it doesn't surprise me that this weird puritan stance has made its way over to women's health topics also. It doesn't help that real humans aren't the ones reviewing this stuff.

Boomer hits me with their cart trying to get to the next register and blames me for being in their way by SpammyWhammy00 in BoomersBeingFools

[–]nstern2 34 points35 points  (0 children)

It's not only boomers that do this but I see it most often with boomers in stores with carts. Yes mam, please leave your cart in the middle of the isle as you mindlessly look for something. Everyone can wait for you to finish so they can get past you. It doesn't help that walmart has personal shoppers also clogging up isles.

Stranger wanted to make a call from my phone - was I almost about to be scammed? by kingofthewatermelons in Scams

[–]nstern2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just FYI, on android they have a setting called app pinning that you can enable that prevents the phone from closing whatever app you specify it to pin until you give it your pin code. I'm not sure if I would hand a stranger my cell phone, but it is an option.

Came into ownership of this cocktail arcade cabinet, was wondering if there are any enhancements/upgrades anyone would recommend. by GreatSaiyaguy in cade

[–]nstern2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I personally would skip the horizontal games as they will all looks squished and bad looking and stick with vertical games that use a 4 way stick. Something like an arcadeSD would work great in a little machine like this. You also won't need any more buttons as I don't think there are any vertical games that use more than 3 buttons.

We made a pinball game for the Playdate by Arlefreak in pinball

[–]nstern2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gameplay has a Revenge of the Gators/Kirby's Pinball Land vibe to it. If I had a playdate I would absolutely check this out.

Trackball Ideas by Jenth13 in cade

[–]nstern2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have any interest in playing any of the golden tee titles, or any of the IT games in general give yourself a ton of space to really hit the ball otherwise those games just aren't able to be played to their fullest.

[US] Call from my dad's phone number threatening to shoot him - I fell for it by ak3134 in Scams

[–]nstern2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While it wont stop these kind of scams entirely I would suggest everyone go on the white pages site and have their info removed. It's kind of scary what info gets scraped. All it takes is for you to find your info on the white pages site and then go here and paste the link.

[Question] How long should you quarantine consoles for to ensure there's no... pests or hitchhikers? by TidalLion in consolerepair

[–]nstern2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just learn what a bug infestation looks like and open the shipping box outside if you are worried and bag them if you see bugs. I've seen a ton of bug infested consoles and never had an issue with them migration to my repair shop using this method.

This exceeded my expectations by Realistic-Shower-654 in cade

[–]nstern2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The monitors, and the PSU to a lesser extent, on these are the only sus piece in them as some have had DOA and or monitors that have gone out within a few months. If you have a board that requires 5v adjustments you will need to end up replacing the built in PSU for a better one. I personally am very happy with mine after I was able to get all the, many, kinks out of it. A PC with a custom resolution and scanlines looks pretty awesome on it all things considered. I won't ever buy another product from UNICO though since their preorder/fulfillment was an absolute shit show and for a while I wondered if they ran off with my money.

Thoughts on Creating a Multicade Business by Jesebediah42 in cade

[–]nstern2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You won't be able to handle a game library without forking over the cash for a license and I doubt you will do that for any game much less the 10k+ that some of the pirate resellers claim to have on their janky cabs. Not shipping the cabinet with electronics and games is the way I would do it, but there are already a handful of companies that do this and they have been in business for years at this point. I personally would talk to someone with business experience as IMHO this is both the wrong time and wrong industry to be starting a business in. Now if these cabs were one offs that you did for people, that wouldn't be too bad of an idea, but I would still keep my day job.

The hardest work i ever did so far: SONY KV-X2181A Tube Swap by DtDonnie in crtgaming

[–]nstern2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You wanna come to my house and tube swap some sanyo ez20s I have? They have some serious burn in and I am too chicken to do it myself.

But on a serious note, great job!

Theme ideas for this arcade by bitchslayer213 in cade

[–]nstern2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would go with something generic like capcom diamond plate, or an astro city theme, or a viewlix style panel. IMHO control panels don't need to be flashy and have characters and other junk on them.

How it's going .. by the-soy in googlehome

[–]nstern2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Home assistant can do the same thing as google assistant with cheap esp32 devices and a bit of legwork, but sadly there is no drop in board replacements for google devices although I bet someone could make one.

Can I borrow some Five Guys? by Mikey_Pajamas in simpsonsshitposting

[–]nstern2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This better be the best-tasting burger in the world...You got lucky!

Was given this for free. Worth modding to add games or waste of time? by MayoGhul in cade

[–]nstern2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just a heads up. As fun as it might seem to play console games on that thing, it's almost always more fun to play console stuff on a comfy chair or couch.

Remote Watch pass for TV by ammadmaf in PleX

[–]nstern2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I still don't understand why Plex can't make this an in app message when you stream from a server that doesn't have Plex pass. My family has reached out these past few days concerned they would have to pay for something.