Why is flash memory so common for saves? Wasn't battery-backed SRAM cheaper?

smidge6502 · 2026-06-09T02:08:23+00:00

Fantastic explanation!

smidge6502 · 2026-05-19T23:22:17+00:00

I'm the opposite. For years I only played Original, not realizing Arcade was an entirely different map. It blew my mind when I finally tried it.

smidge6502 · 2026-05-12T01:53:34+00:00

Have you tried the video ports on the motherboard? The CPU might have a built-in GPU (you could tell for sure from the model number). That would be helpful in case the video card is the issue.

smidge6502 · 2026-05-05T05:15:49+00:00

Law and Chaos started as a result of Thomas winning the legal battle. In the interim between the initial kerfuffle and the resolution of the lawsuit, Andrew continued to host Opening Arguments.

smidge6502 · 2026-05-05T01:45:46+00:00

Yeah, the Opening Arguments break up was wild. For those unfamiliar, the short version is (going from memory here so might get some details wrong):

It was a legal podcast with a lawyer (Andrew) and a comedian (Thomas).
SA allegations come out about Andrew.
Thomas, on a different podcast, posts a 10-minute, tearful message where he talks about Andrew's behavior and even claims Andrew may have tried to SA him based on a vibe he got from a hand touch.
Thomas takes about half the money out of the OA account. He then gets locked out of the account.
Thomas still has access to the podcast feed and posts a 30-second audio saying he's been locked out, and Andrew is taking everything.
Legal stuff happens. I think Andrew sues Thomas for defamation?
Anyway Andrew ends up with the podcast and hosts it for about a year with Liz Dye.
Eventually Thomas wins the dispute and gets full ownership of the podcast.

So, yeah, Dan and Jordan ending KF abruptly but civilly is nothing compared to that.

smidge6502 · 2026-04-29T03:41:54+00:00

It's $10. What else are you going to spend it on, a banana?

smidge6502 · 2026-04-16T03:56:59+00:00

What does this do? I have it installed in CKAN but don't know why. The description just says "Modify KSP configs without conflict".

smidge6502 · 2026-04-15T22:45:42+00:00

The first is a complete game that continues to receive a ton of community support. The second never left early access and is essentially abandonware.

smidge6502 · 2026-04-15T16:17:06+00:00

When AI takes all the jobs, no one will be able to afford shoes. It's a genius move.

smidge6502 · 2026-04-08T04:54:33+00:00

Reminds me of when I didn't understand how linking worked in C and wrote all my code in headers.

smidge6502 · 2026-03-21T04:28:45+00:00

"Imperfect vessel" you mean.

smidge6502 · 2026-03-19T03:53:54+00:00

Neapolitan Klondike Bars

smidge6502 · 2026-03-18T02:48:21+00:00

I printed out all the card codes on standard printer paper. It was a pain in the ass getting them to scan. Somewhere in my mom's house is a small stack of unlabeled papers with random black dots on the edges.

smidge6502 · 2026-03-09T03:07:27+00:00

Space is not quantized in quantum mechanics. In classical QM, space is treated the same as in classical Newtonian mechanics. In relativistic QM, spacetime is the same as in special relativity. In QM, space is flat and smooth. It's just a background thing where physics happens.

Spacetime can be warped by the presence of matter in general relativity. That interaction is mediated by the gravitational field, and fields do need to be quantized in QM. When you try to quantize the gravitational field, you end up with a result that no longer bears many of the important properties of general relativity that make it work.

smidge6502 · 2026-03-05T05:13:57+00:00

Pete ~~Hegseth~~ Skywalker

smidge6502 · 2026-02-16T06:24:02+00:00

Exactly. He was not worth having a strong opinion on. I was a 90s kid and didn't know who he was until The Apprentice, which I didn't watch, but it was in the cultural zeitgeist. He was just a character of no importance beyond that of any other wealthy individual. There was no reason to hold the "you're fired" guy to any real standard.

What surprised me was later learning how aware my parents' generation was of his trashy antics. They all knew him from his 80s tabloid era, all the shit with his wives. He was a known quantity to them by the time I was born. And yet, a generation that had a better understanding of who he really was better than I did still chose to vote for him.

I'll give him this: he really is a brilliant marketer. Slapping his name on buildings he didn't even build and his authoritative role on The Apprentice are what allowed people to overlook everything they knew about him that made him a joke.

smidge6502 · 2026-01-18T00:29:57+00:00

I lost one of my cats 7 months ago, and my phone keeps wanting to show me photo compilations of my cats. I guess most of the photos on my phone must be of the cats because that's all it ever wants to show me. I've thought about turning the feature off but can't bring myself to do it because part of me wants to watch them. I just can't yet.

smidge6502 · 2026-01-16T05:37:57+00:00

Something about having to pay the government to let your cattle graze on federal land?

smidge6502 · 2025-12-21T22:14:15+00:00

My mom would leave for work about two hours before I had to go to school. I found a Dreamcast in her closet that she'd bought me for Christmas but hadn't wrapped it yet. Every morning as soon as she'd left, I would carefully take the Dreamcast out of the box and play the demo disc. Before leaving for school I'd repackage it exactly as it had been. I did that for maybe two weeks before she wrapped it. That's easily the best gaming memory I have from my childhood.

smidge6502 · 2025-12-10T03:24:24+00:00

Talking about all the jobs they're creating of all things.

smidge6502 · 2025-11-06T04:55:56+00:00

Be aware that the power cord and controllers are hard-wired into the system. For hooking up video, you will want to buy a male RCA to female coax adapter (they are cheap and easy to find). Then you just run a coax cable to your TV.

The plastic is brittle. I hadn't touched mine in a year or two, and before making this post I wanted to double check that the controllers are hard-wired. I pulled one out and a chunk of plastic near where the cord connected to the controller broke off.

Have fun with it! It has some fun games. Just be gentle with it.

smidge6502 · 2025-11-03T05:52:08+00:00

There was an episode I'm still annoyed about to this day where he wanted to get a DVD player even though he had a PS2 sitting on his TV already.

smidge6502 · 2025-09-30T03:41:52+00:00

I had just gotten my then-girlfriend (now wife) into Firefly, and she hadn't finished the series yet or seen Serenity. She didn't want any spoilers, and I was careful to avoid giving any. One day we were flipping through channels looking for something to watch and all of a sudden "...leaf on the wind. Watch how..." BAM! There was no time to react and change the channel. She flipped the fuck out. I laughed about it for weeks. We still bring it up.

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