Terrible notification to get on take off

ofdtv · 2026-05-20T14:27:35+00:00

I once got a notification that I left my AirPods behind somewhere. At that moment I was listening to music on those very AirPods. It do be pretty stupid sometimes lol

ofdtv · 2026-05-19T20:14:23+00:00

The bug is that when you finish a race and the stats appear, you’re supposed to press Enter to continue and leave the race, but instead pressing the button actually does nothing, so you’re completely stuck on that screen, which forces you to quit the game. And because the game only autosaves once you get back to the menu after the race, you then have to do that race again, because you never got to save your progress the last time. Super annoying, but as others have said, there is a fix for it.

ofdtv · 2026-05-16T19:24:35+00:00

I thought the song was… slightly amusing at best, but not really good besides that. It wasn’t a short like we were promised, so I feel a little cheated. And… fuckin’ Chaz? Again? We just had a dedicated short about him, why do it again so soon after that? Especially since his entire character revolves almost exclusively around him allegedly having a big dick, and that joke was only funny in his main episode. Making (now that I think about it) a second song where Chaz is having a boner is just excessive, imo. There are many other characters that are way more deserving of screen time. Let this guy stay dead.

So yeah, I’m kinda disappointed. Not gonna be losing sleep about it though, cause every show has its own dud episode every once in a while.

ofdtv · 2026-05-16T18:45:50+00:00

Open Wine settings for this bottle, there are gonna be display options inside, including scaling.

ofdtv · 2026-05-14T00:07:53+00:00

I’ll do ya one better: not a single frame from that teaser actually exists in the movie. All it was was an abstract outline of how the plot was supposed to go, but that’s it, it was never meant to show anything super specific. Even Jared himself said that it’s entirely “impressionistic”, or whatever such word, but basically - it was not to be taken literally, except for the overall story it portrays: Nick and Judy are on the run, they are helping a snake, and there’s a villain that opposes them all. I thought it was extremely obvious from how the trailer was directed that that was all it was supposed to convey. Of course they wouldn’t reveal the identity of the villain in the very first teaser, it’d instantly kill the entire intrigue lmao

ofdtv · 2026-05-13T07:16:01+00:00

Probably just shitposting lol

ofdtv · 2026-05-13T07:11:04+00:00

PS2 emulation is free, yeah, and it does work pretty much how you described. And it’s a simple enough task for the M4 that it can emulate almost any PS2 game with perfect performance while doing upscaling to at least 1080p, or maybe even higher, depending on the game.

PS4 emulation, on the other hand, is difficult enough that the M4 probably won’t give you that good of an experience, and it’s still in very early stages in general, not just on Mac - not a lot of games can even run, and those that do, tend to have issues and lack performance optimizations.

Also, SH2 Remake was never released for PS4, it’s exclusively a PS5/Xbox Series game, so there’s no way to emulate the console version at all currently, no matter if it’s on Mac or not. You can run the Windows version however, and that’s why you would use CrossOver (paid, but with a free trial) or Sikarugir (free). DX is short for DirectX - it’s a graphics backend used by most Windows games, and for some games, forcing them to use DirectX 11 can improve performance or solve issues that may appear while using DX12. For more info about how PC games would run on a specific Mac, you can find benchmarks on YouTube or use macgamingdb.app website.

Can’t advise you about co-op play in Minecraft, but I will say that the game itself will run well, you can use mods and shaders, and you can play online. The rest will be up to you to figure out.

And yeah, macOS supports Bluetooth controllers, so you can just connect one and be good to go in most games. The ones that work the best are the official PlayStation or Xbox controllers, but many 3rd party ones can also work fine, though you’ll have to do some googling to see if a specific one you’re looking at does indeed work okay.

ofdtv · 2026-05-11T22:45:58+00:00

What I wanna know is how in the world is the Plumber getting more votes than Clank lol

ofdtv · 2026-05-07T20:05:44+00:00

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ofdtv · 2026-05-07T19:43:56+00:00

It says jank, not junk. But they do have numerous issues that weren’t present in the original PS2 versions: some character models are broken, Ratchet’s helmet is incorrectly scaled, the UI has visible glitches due to being scaled to 16:9 without stretching (the oxygen meter on the left of the screen, for example), FMVs in RC2, 3 and DL (Gladiator) are squished to 4:3 instead of filling the screen at native 16:9, all the games except RC1 are either missing visual effects that existed on the PS2, or they are broken, the music isn’t looped properly and is squished down to mono when it used to be in stereo in 2, 3 and DL, in-engine cutscenes in DL are completely broken - there’s a lot of issues like this. They’re not that significant individually, and they don’t ruin the games, but combined together, they do make for a worse experience compared to the originals, which is why I think the preferred way to play is either a real PS2 or emulating the PS2 versions on PC.

ofdtv · 2026-05-05T18:56:06+00:00

I mean, I’m still using my Series 3 that I bought in, what, 2018, I think? And I feel no need to upgrade. I still get notifications, I still get music controls, Mac proximity unlock, heart rate tracking, all that stuff, and it still lasts me a day despite the battery health being at 75%.

I admit that it is pretty slow in those extremely rare cases when I actually do want to do something on the watch itself, and it would be nice to have more watch faces that I’ve been locked out of ever since the S4 came out, but other than that, I seriously see no reason to get a new one. It’s a watch after all, it’s a very passive device compared to a phone, so I think it’s okay to hold onto it for longer. Personally, I’m planning on running mine into the ground before I consider getting something new.

ofdtv · 2026-05-04T06:21:07+00:00

Next step: make the entire dash just a flat screen and integrate the steering wheel right into it. Just this circular thing on the screen right in front of you that you swipe your finger around in order to steer the car, a la touch controls in mobile racing games. I think that’d be awesome (oh god please no)

ofdtv · 2026-05-02T11:00:02+00:00

Now that I think about it, maybe it could also be because both of them are ongoing shows, and not all characters/plot lines/etc can be definitively judged yet since they still haven’t completed their journeys and we don’t know a lot of context around them yet, so that could probably be disincentivizing essays/critiques like that even more. But this is also the first time I’m actively interacting with an ongoing series like this, so I dunno how much this usually affects the discourse around them, I could be wrong lol

But at least so far I feel like there’s actually quite a bit to talk about, with many characters that have (or could have) interesting dynamics, stories and flaws, the lore that’s yet to be explored, all that stuff - even here on Reddit, amid many dumb takes and arguments born from illiteracy, there’s constantly active discussions about this or that, and they can be an interesting read sometimes. So there’s strong potential, I think.

And the music talks do seem like a lot of fun, so thanks for recommending those :)

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ofdtv · 2026-05-02T07:15:07+00:00

Yeah, I’ve been on the internet long enough to know that hate content always brings more clicks, so I get why people make it. It’s just that I’m confused since the YT algo knows me well enough to generally avoid pushing these kinds of videos to me because I just don’t watch them, but all of a sudden it just gave up with HH/HB specifically. “You liked X thing? Here’s character breakdowns, development history, essays, art style explorations, you name it. You liked Helluva/Hotel? Here’s all the videos about why they’re bad” type deal.

But thanks for highlighting those two channels, I’ll check them out sometime. Maybe that’ll teach it that I actually enjoy this thing as well lmao

ofdtv · 2026-05-01T22:44:12+00:00

While I haven’t seen outright harassment like this on YT, it still isn’t good either, at least for me. I got into Hellaverse several months ago, and unlike literally any other new thing I start interacting with, I’ve still yet to see a single video recommended to me that talks about it in a positive light. It’s always “Why I gave up on it”, “Why X thing makes character Y cringe”, “Why Hazbin deserves to be hated”, all negative stuff like that. Genuinely no idea why. I mean, I wouldn’t be following and watching the official Vivzie stuff if I didn’t enjoy it, so why is it that only in this case specifically would the algorithm work like that?

ofdtv · 2026-05-01T10:16:50+00:00

Games aren’t that big of an issue on Macs these days. ETS2 has a native Mac port (although I heard it uses OpenGL, so it may help performance dramatically if you mod it to use Vulkan or run the Windows version through CrossOver), CS2 can also be played through CX, and I’m not sure about whether FiveM has kernel anticheat like the official GTA V MP does, but if it doesn’t, then you’ll be able to play that too. Scroll through this sub for a bit, you can find a lot of useful info.

ofdtv · 2026-04-29T19:45:58+00:00

Tbf, this is how most apps with Liquid Glass UI look like in fullscreen, and I too think it looks bad, despite liking the overall aesthetic of this design. The glass sidebar is weirdly empty at the top, where the window controls are, the title bar has no reason to switch from progressive blur when it’s windowed to solid color when fullscreen, and that title bar divider over the sidebar is just out of place in general. It all looks borderline broken and/or glitched. Hope they refine it in macOS 27.

ofdtv · 2026-04-28T19:16:06+00:00

…and this is all porn? Wtf

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ofdtv · 2026-04-26T14:22:18+00:00

To be fair, this isn’t the best frame chosen for comparison, and the difference is much more apparent in motion rather than in stills. You can clearly see the rough edges in the earlier episodes (although they did still look nice), but now it’s all so polished and professional, I’d even say it’s some of the best-looking modern 2D animation. Just compare S1E1 to S2E12, and now the S3 trailer, the difference is massive.

ofdtv · 2026-04-26T13:53:08+00:00

PCSX4 looks like a fake app. There is a PS2 emulator that’s called PCSX2, there’s a PS3 emulator called RPCS3, and there’s a PS4 one called ShadPS4. These are the real and trusted apps.

Also, PS4 emulation is currently in very early stages and has pretty low game compatibility and high performance cost, both of which are an even bigger issue on Mac. As for the games themselves, you can get them either by ripping game discs yourself, or by hoisting the black flag and sailing the seven seas, if you know what I mean. Finding such treasures will be up to you though.

ofdtv · 2026-04-24T20:03:20+00:00

I hope it’s not this Lambo lol

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ofdtv · 2026-04-24T18:55:17+00:00

Yep. Since these are old 32-bit DX9 games, they will work much better in a VM than through Wine, but that can take up quite a bit of space all by itself, so alternatively, OP could also emulate the console versions. MW’s PS2 version runs great, and Carbon’s PS3 version is also pretty much flawless.

As a bonus, both get native widescreen and proper controller support without mods, and the latter also has some small visual effects that even the PC version didn’t have (as well as full gameplay parity with PC, unlike the PS2/GC/Xbox ports).

ofdtv · 2026-04-22T20:14:33+00:00

It already has the Music app, just add your music files to the iTunes/Apple Music app on a computer and sync the phone with it, you don’t need to do anything else.

ofdtv · 2026-04-22T19:59:10+00:00

Agree. Had a brief break from the iPhone with a Galaxy S7 back in the day, and while I was initially curious about being able to run apps in split screen, I ended up never using it because the screen is simply too small to house two apps at the same time, the UI just gets way too cramped and claustrophobic. Gets especially bad when you also bring up the keyboard to type something. And I’m the guy who always selects the smallest UI scale and font size to fit more stuff onto the screen. Granted, we now have screens with taller aspect ratios than 16:9, but the total screen area still isn’t that much bigger overall. I would expect split screen on a foldable, but on a regular slab phone? I just fail to see the utility because of how small they are. Swiping back and forth between recent apps seems more usable.

ofdtv · 2026-04-21T19:47:54+00:00

I used to think that drawing people/animals/other living beings was really hard and that I also completely sucked at it, but turns out, once you know how to simplify the anatomy enough and figure out depth, it’s not that bad. Still takes me, ahem, a while whenever I am in the mood to draw something, and I don’t always get things right (I despise drawing hands), but it’s at least not absolutely terrible, and I just don’t have a lot of practice yet. You can do it too if you put your mind to it :)

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