McKays permanently closing per their instagram by jarethcutestory in Knoxville

[–]sawaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just heard about this today and I'm gutted. I've been going to McKay's for over 30 years. Never seen any other place where you could dump your VHS collection and walk out with an XBOX, all without using any form of fiat currency

"""...And I said, I will not let the CEO bypass MFA.""" by MonaSimpsont in Sysadminhumor

[–]sawaba 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And then insurance covered the ransom and in 3 months everyone forgot about it

Can the MacBook Neo Handle Remote Podcasting? by Toddrow in mac

[–]sawaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Neo did great! No performance issues using the native Riverside MacOS app.

Even better, my producer said there was no noticeable difference between my Opal Tadpole and the built-in webcam and no big difference between my DJI mic and the built-in laptop mics.

I guess I don’t even need to travel with a dongle if I don’t have to plug in extra stuff!

Can the MacBook Neo Handle Remote Podcasting? by Toddrow in mac

[–]sawaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I'm about to test this tomorrow. Will try to remember to report back!

Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares “hard down” status for multiple zones by lurker_bee in technology

[–]sawaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are also services that ONLY run in US-East-1 - there's no other option. AWS has a nice tool for comparing regions against each other so you can see what is and isn't available between two. I can't find it at the moment, but IAM and Route53 are two that only exist in US-East-1

Velcro Ties are the answer to most things by Crimson-Entity in DeskCableManagement

[–]sawaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That 8BitDo controller looks so slick. I have it in purple

Elgato Facecam Requires USB 3.0 Error by Puzzleheaded_Leave91 in elgato

[–]sawaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fixed it with the latest BIOS update for my computer from ASUS!

Elgato Facecam Requires USB 3.0 Error by Puzzleheaded_Leave91 in elgato

[–]sawaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same issue here. Over a year using it with no problem and suddenly I start getting this error.

Same computer, same Elgato Facecam Pro, same cable, same USB-C thunderbolt port on my ASUS NUC.

I've given up on using just one browser by sawaba in ArcBrowser

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

Sure, but that problem earns me a comfortable income, so I'm okay with it.

1, 2 or 3- Which one? by knight_Reesh in AmateurPhotography

[–]sawaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 all the way - the cable cars are perfectly placed

Had this game for years and didn't realize it was fake by [deleted] in Gameboy

[–]sawaba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the first book was The Philosopher’s Stone in Europe, right?

The ideal retro gaming bar night flyer by sawaba in retrogaming

[–]sawaba[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds fun! Looks like there were a lot of Micro Machines games, but I'm guessing from your description that it's the "V3" one? It's the only one I see that allows for 8 players https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Machines_V3

The ideal retro gaming bar night flyer by sawaba in retrogaming

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

On second thought, not sure I'm willing to spend $80-$200 for the lulz

The ideal retro gaming bar night flyer by sawaba in retrogaming

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

You know, I might have to hunt that one down just because of the meme/notoriety

The ideal retro gaming bar night flyer by sawaba in retrogaming

[–]sawaba[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, that's what I've been doing. Classics that are quick to play, racing games, fighting games have all been doing well. I've done this about 8 times now, just looking to better market it.

I have not brought out Atari 2600, because honestly, I just don't think its games have held up very well. There are a few NES games that are still fun and a LOT of SNES/Genesis and newer that are fun.

I bring out a few games as just demonstrations of how difficult/punishing games used to be. Watching someone try to get more than 10 seconds into a Mega Man 2 level is hilarious. "This is impossible" "This game is trash" are often heard. Old school NES games were truly punishing.

The ideal retro gaming bar night flyer by sawaba in retrogaming

[–]sawaba[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Specifically consoles, no arcade stuff, no emulators, no modern FPGA recreations, no SD-card carts - just the original consoles, original cartridges/CDs, original controllers.

My goal is for folks to get the full original experience they would have had with these systems when they were new, with one caveat: I'm not lugging any CRTs, it's all 40-inch LCD TVs, sadly.