AernaLingus

joined 3 years ago
[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

It is an older phone, so I don't expect things to run perfectly, but I don't think I've ever seen a site lag as badly as ProleWiki did, and the fact that it runs perfectly in Chrome makes me think there's some small quirk of how the pages are generated that Firefox's rendering engine chokes on.

...although idk, I just went back and it seems fine now—maybe it was just something transient with my device.

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cranky's takes, taken straight from the manual:

Story

So let's see what nonsense they've made up for this game, shall we?

Hmm... well, I have to hand it to them. This time they've managed to come up with a decent sotryline that doesn't involve the usual golden bananas. Only joking kids! This one's worse than all the previous efforts put together! I know you probably aren't expecting a best seller, but wait till you hear this load of rubbish...

Chimpy Controls [which has a picture of the N64 controller]

Arrgh! What is that thing? Which way do I hold it? There are too many buttons... and this wobbly stick-thing feels like it's broken! I can't believe players use this silly controller contraption to play games! A good solid joystick and one button is all I'd need!

Cranky's Special Abilities

Ah, this is where I come in. Let's face it, the Kongs' basic abilities are only a pale shadow of my former skills. In order to give them a chance to progress, I will generously let you buy a few of my special potions from time to time in order to make those kids a little less embarrassingly useless. Some abilities can be used anywhere, but others require the use of my pads or barrels with the fate of the appropriate character on them.

Monkey Multiplayer

It's true, I'm afraid. They've gone and included one of those awful multiplayer modes that seem to be all the fashion these days. This means you and some other whippersnappers can huddle round your flickering screen and play a few games that I reckon were thrown in at the last minute and will be average at best. I sure hope I'm in some of them though—I'd just love to whup some of these young wannabes' behinds!

The Levels

Now where did they put the level I designed? Hmm... I can't seem to find it. It was called the "Great Girder Grapple" as I remember. Oooh, I must hove spent at least 3 minutes working on it. I even drew them a fancy little picture. Bah! It must have been too good for them. The kids would have refused to play their fancy 3-D levels once they'd gotten o taste of my 2-D girder action! Don't give up hope though; they might have hidden it somewhere like a priceless gem, hoping that no one will ever find it...

Cranky's Tips

Tough luck kid. I've told to keep my mouth shut, as they want to keep all the good stuff for a money-making strategy guide. I'm sure some of it will appear on that newfangled "internet" thing as well, so I suggest you take a look-see there. You could also ask your friends, assuming of course you've got any. If all else fails, you'll just have to play better.

(PDF of the manual)

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Huh, interesting! They also mention pre-soaking the pasta for two hours to save more energy (since most of the time is really spent rehydrating rather than truly cooking) which can cut the cooking time from ten minutes to one or two minutes. Might have to give it a shot out of curiosity!

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Is anyone else experience severe slowdown when scrolling on ProleWiki in Firefox (but not Chrome) for Android? On my Android phone it seems like scrolling works fine for the first ~1cm, but if I go past that the framework craters--I'd guess down to like ~20 FPS? It's even worse when there are more complex elements on screen (e.g. when I scroll past the "top contributors" table on the front page it seems like it dips into single digit FPS territory). I checked out a few random other MediaWiki projects and while I did notice some slight slowdown when scrolling on some, it's subtle enough that I might not have noticed it (or just chalked it up to a general problem with my phone) were I not actively looking for it.

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mush brain, here I come!

...also, the nail clipping sounds at the beginning of that video form the beginning of the melody of "Ode to Joy". Surely it must have been pitch-shifted, right?

edit: seems like it's a recurring theme, since the next one I watched had "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

They have the option of using split audio in OBS, sending one mix to the livestream and another mix to the VOD. Since it's a 24/7 stream of existing content I'm assuming VOD preservation isn't important, so that's what I'd do to be safe. If preservation of VODs is important, I assume the audio can be saved locally on the streaming computer.

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

Maybe

spoilerEvery time I look at https://genderdysphoria.fyi/ or w/e I get too spooked and then just try to shove all the thoughts into a dusty corner of my brain. Definitely normal cis behavior, nothing to see here clueless

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Really neat site--thank you for sharing! Aside from the low-power concept (which I love) there's some thought-provoking articles on there.

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

Goddamn that's a cute video.

Also if feminism means free spa days for men, who tf is gonna complain about that?

view more: ‹ prev next ›