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@p @mangeurdenuage @charlie_root @lnxw37b2 @mischievoustomato
The fact that you can fit every single console game from 1980 to 1993 on a 32 gig flashcard tells the whole story on how sloppy modern studios have gotten with their data.
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@SilverDeth @charlie_root @lnxw37b2 @mangeurdenuage @mischievoustomato I blame Sony.
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@SilverDeth @charlie_root @p @lnxw37b2 @mischievoustomato You need that 4k bro, that 8 and 16k is the future, only idiots wouldn't want that on their 6.5 inch smartphone.
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@mangeurdenuage @charlie_root @lnxw37b2 @mischievoustomato @p
Ahhh yes, chasing pixel dimensions the human eye can't reasonably detect at that scale.
Hah... I don't own a smartphone. Or even a cell phone. And I am that wierdo guy who physically removes cameras and wi-fi connectivity from anything those don't expressly belong on. Normie friends constantly bitch at me because I don't walk around with my state-issued electronic dog collar.
"How do you live without a cell man!"
Very easily. F*ckers don't need to be calling and texting me 24/7.
"How do you get around!?"
Rand McNally road maps and road signs.
"How do you kill time?"
I have three kids, I don't have time to waste. For everything else, there is the Nintendo DS lite. (With mic physically removed).
But I'm a really weird guy.
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@SilverDeth @mangeurdenuage @charlie_root @lnxw37b2 @mischievoustomato
> Very easily. F*ckers don't need to be calling and texting me 24/7.
:brain3:
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@p 700 MB of data on a PSX disk, and it was overwhelmingly FMV.
To his credit, Uematsu used the PSX's on-board sound coupled with short instrument samples that he then cobbled together to make the music. (And he turned half of them ear-worms to boot, the Maestro indeed). The game's music is a very small portion of the data. Even one-winged-angel used this technique.
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> 700 MB of data on a PSX disk, and it was overwhelmingly FMV.
On *three* disks in the case of FF7.
> (And he turned half of them ear-worms to boot, the Maestro indeed).
Oh, man, did I mention I got to see him with the Black Mages and the LA Phil? It was pretty great. Also packed: LA had a lot more nerds than expected.
Unfortunately the entire night was ruined by the MC being the guy that played Tidus.
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The Black Mages is our go-to AD&D battle music. I can imagine him rocking a keyboard with the band in a concert - I bet it was all sorts of kickass.
> Unfortunately the entire night was ruined by the MC being the guy that played Tidus.
Oh god... no...
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> I can imagine him rocking a keyboard with the band in a concert
Ha, there was, like...a Japanese amount of pageantry. The conductor for the LA Philharmonic had done a new arrangement of the Chocobo theme.
> I bet it was all sorts of kickass.
It was great.
> Oh god... no...
My not-date had no idea what was going on. He comes out and says he played Tidus and she starts clapping and I put my hand between hers and look at her. My friend, who was her not-date, leans over and says "We don't clap for him."
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@SilverDeth @charlie_root @p @lnxw37b2 @mangeurdenuage @mischievoustomato do you have a landline then? Alot of businesses won't hire if you don't have a phone number and an increasing amount of banks won't let you open an account without one. My bank wont let you logon to the webportal unless they can send you a plain text code by the ultra secure SMS.
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@SilverDeth @charlie_root @lnxw37b2 @mangeurdenuage @mischievoustomato @p and I bring this up because cell phone plans are usually way cheaper than landline now. So like why not just get a cheap Walmart phone, and shove it in a drawer into you need it?
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@RedTechEngineer @charlie_root @lnxw37b2 @mangeurdenuage @mischievoustomato @p
Yes, I have a landline. I use a credit union. But the totality of my account is about 1,200 bucks or so. I work cash jobs mostly. Once upon a time I had a nice job, suburban house and 3 cars. And a nice cushy contracting position.
Then they took that all away from me during Chink-choke because I would not get the fagcine. Now we live in a college pal's dead grandmother's house, that we "rent" by fixing up so he can sell it when the last of my kids are old enough to be on their own (We home school). Then the Mrs. and I will figure something out. Maybe convert a U-haul into an apartment or something.
If they think I will ever produce taxable income ever again they can get fucked.
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@SilverDeth @RedTechEngineer @charlie_root @lnxw37b2 @mangeurdenuage @mischievoustomato Fuckin' nice.
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@RedTechEngineer @charlie_root @lnxw37b2 @mangeurdenuage @mischievoustomato @p
I'm not paying for the landline. It basically came with the house.
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@p @RedTechEngineer @charlie_root @lnxw37b2 @mangeurdenuage @mischievoustomato
I'm good with it. Wife unit not terribly thrilled with the arrangement. Nearly had a mutiny when I took the kids from their friends in suburbia and transplanted them in a town of 1300 people 1,000 miles away from where they were born.
But we were broke and soon to be homeless, so choices were limited.
If I can ever avenge myself upon the people responsible for the pandemic and its fallout, I will do so. What I lost materially is one thing. Watching my youngest blink back tears when I told her she was going to lose all her friends...
...yeah.
I got a bone to pick with some folks.
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