Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
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LOOKING FORWARD TO READING:
"Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System" by
@ryanjreilly
https://amzn.to/46SLlwj
@GuerillaGrue My Nostromo has no number pad. 😀
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@Huntn00 I had a Nostromo for a little while, about 13 years ago. I thought it was neat... but I honestly found it if anything harder to get used to than just using a regular keyboard.
Part of that, though, is that even in games I've played for years I regularly double-check my visual reference on what buttons are what (controller or keyboard,) which is a LOT harder to do with the Nostromo since the names on the buttons =/= anything the game will tell you they are.
Also, the thumb pad was odd.
@GuerillaGrue Muscle memory after a short while keys are memorized. For the 12 button gaming mouse, I have a cheat sheet, but even then after a while muscle memory takes over. :)
@jimbush @the_etrain Thankfully you are not Spooky Jim from The House. 😉 sorry, I’m not sure what triggered this comment. 🤡
@GuerillaGrue Keyboard is inadequate if the keys can’t be reprogrammed. In some cases/games, they can be especially if using a gaming device such as Razer Nostromo my preferred input. I also use a Razer gaming mouse with 12 buttons on the side. Keep in mind I am old school, Controllers suck for accuracy and lack the number of inputs that my setup has. Usually if flying a plane, go with a joystick, but Starfield’s mouse steering works quite well in ship to ship combat.
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Now... personally? I'm a full-size keyboard kinda person, and a big part of the reason for that is that I like playing older computer games, and a lot of them VERY MUCH benefit from availability of the keypad. Sure, a lot of keypad-less options have ways to simulate the function... but it isn't the same, and always feels awkward to me.
I'd be interested in knowing if other folks like or dislike the pad, though, because more and more I see 10-keyless keyboards pushed hard, and I don't get it. /1
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At the same time, I'd love to make my own computer games eventually, and one of the ones I've got in mind is a simple(ish) tactical RPG designed to look and feel like it could run on an 8-bit system from the mid-80s.
To go along with that, I was planning on giving it a control scheme oriented toward a keypad (but duplicated over onto the other side of the keyboard, so num/=2, 5=S, etc.)
But I really want to know how many folks this would cause more annoyance than interest in the end result. /2
@BlueWaveSurfer@universeodon.com There is a group of people on the Right who have decided laws don’t count if they have not gotten their way following the laws. These people exist in the US Congress led by Jordan and Greene.
Sedition, attempting to over throw an election, especially using violence must be treated harshly.
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Up to 1,000 feared dead!
Photos & Video!
Al-Ahli Arab Christian Hospital, one of the main medical facilities in Gaza City, has been hit with a direct Israeli military strike, first Al-Aqsa satellite channel, then Arab and international media reported.
#AureFreePress #News #Israel #gaza #Hamas #BreakingNews #Breaking
@BlueWaveSurfer@universeodon.com If confirmed Israeli warcrime or oops, accident, so sorry… 😔 Same goes for a Hamas caused explosion.
@lazycouchpotato @TechConnectify I have both pods and liquid, alternating.
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Scientists lay out a sweeping roadmap for transitioning the US off fossil fuels
In a sweeping 637-page document, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine made 80 recommendations for how the United States can justly and equitably pursue decarbonization policies. It includes recommendations for everything from establishing a carbon tax to phasing out subsidies for high-emissions animal agriculture and codifying environmental justice goals
https://grist.org/energy/us-scientists-lay-out-a-sweeping-roadmap-for-decarbonization/
@GovTrack A loss for Trump Mini-Me as Speaker is a slam dunk win for America! 🇺🇸
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As many Congressional reporters are pointing out, Jordan just now lost as many votes (20) as McCarthy did in most of his 15 ballots in January and more than McCarthy did when he was booted two weeks ago. He could still win maybe on another ballot eventually, but very unclear whether he keeps pushing for more votes or what.
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Normalize NOT saying: "X is recovered from COVID" or "X got through COVID all right, thank god", and instead saying: "The acute stage of X's COVID infection went all right, but there's no way to know right now what the long-term damage is".
@futurebird The huge difference between most Americans and the anti-Woke snowflakes, is that we can look at our ancestors and acknowledge the wrongs that were committed without breaking a sweat. My US family tree starts in 1630 Boston. Native Americans were pushed aside as soon as the American colonies had the numbers.
@WahbAllat@mas.to @futurebird I’ve not assumed anything. The cultures were very dissimilar, but in North America what was done to Native Americans by Europeans, especially those that bent over backwards to assimilate to the new reality was criminal. 🔥
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
