You’re already suspecting this, and I agree

I’ve looked through different (now closed) issue threads emulator-side and it might be an issue with some other (system) library change. Though yeah, tool I used seems to be old too (ciso, perhaps I should’ve found a newer tool but it is niche). I also can’t verify .CSO roms via the gui, as it crashes PCSX2 too.

For some info, Ratchet and Clank is one that blackscreens (when starting/loading game or even when letting it sit at the menu too long) a different one that seems to work fine is Ratchet Deadlocked (though I didn’t go past the tutorial). Assuming Deadlocked is fine, it also doesn’t decompress so (given that it coredumps too) it may just be broken in that tool even for a valid file.

I also remember seeing this issue with The Sims 2 making me stop making new .CSO files, though I could’ve sworn my others (like RAC1) were still working at that time. Though maybe loading from save-states each time made me not see the initial loading issue.

EDIT: Also sorry I just noticed the other pinned thread, I probably should’ve originally commented there

Compressed PS2 roms: anyone else have an issue with many games not working (boots, stalls when it actually has to load more than a menu or background), likely due to .CSO format? (the few .ISOs I have still work, including one where the .CSO doesn’t)

I can’t seem to reverse them back into .ISOs w/o an error (though I’ve only tried the one thing that may have caused this in the first place) so I’m not sure if this is a corruption or software thing, is my best option here to re-rip (and use .CHD instead)? Linux, emu is v2.3.272

Similar thing:

…but I’m shaped like a star

I’ve used OLED on phones (my current, free because cracked screen) and like the idea* but considering I have a super-budget desktop (old stuff, unlikely to upgrade) and keeping it mostly to free/old content I’ll stick to whatever low-tier 1080p displays are already in my home.

Maybe OLED multi-touch if it wasn’t an upsell and niche market, so realistically when you add in burn-in fear it’s either I get some second-hand laptop/tablet that has it (with a bad/no battery) or some new manufacturing tech solves it (either way, probably not for me in the next 10 years).

It might make more sense for VR immersion, though again between cost and specs (cost again) plus whatever lock-in nonsense (which I already saw of the oculus stuff with a family member who likely won’t ever unlock dev mode) probably not for me.

* particularly for the contrast ratio (off pixels), though unless you’re into horror stuff this seems like a bit of a gimmick (even space content is not a guaranteed fit). It’s either that or making my own OLED edits of movies, which I find unlikely to work well via a blind edit (as I don’t expect a script to be perfect).

I’m a shut-in and I’ll say it doesn’t help living in a sparse area with only a bike*. I usually just ride on the trail to a very close bridge, sometimes I go to the closest town over and buy a few things from the produce section from the local grocery store and that’s it.

Admittedly, I probably still wouldn’t be very social in a denser place (money, but also other issues).

* I don’t want to drive, though lots of ditches around here and there is no north/south trail. So it is a factor.

i think the significance of the ‘lemmy.world’ is the origin of the post… in this case the_picard_maneuver@lemmy.world posted it to sh.itjust.works

Close, it’s where the image is hosted. The lemmy.world bit is a link to the image. Just like how any website link will say the domain of the destination.

I mean it probably is where a user is posting from, but sometimes it is not (not sure why but sometimes non-ml users will post images from ml)

Despite what some may claim, she is not “instance banned” on lemmy.world

Notice the red banned here: https://lemmy.world/u/shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee

(would a ghosted person be getting votes and commentary?)

yes, from the native instance.

Some parts of those governments do have proportional representation (like Scottish Parliment where the SNP has the most representation).

Other than that, I would guess there are a lot of small reasons… like differences in structure/operation/rules, that recall elections are a thing, larger gov’t bodies, and election frequency. From the outside, I’d also guess that some of these parties do/have held power for a while until they mess things up and the voters switch it out.

Also a lot of the issue here is with US presidency, and the electoral college cements it even further. That is where it is the biggest inevitability as it’s a big race that largely decides the next 4 years (also a partisan senate and house can enable or stall legislature, also how the right stacked the supreme court).

This is also a long-term imbalance (as shown by the video I linked) that intensifies over time. Other systems having different factors may be what prevented it from being a huge issue there, and it probably helps that they are older/more-stable (and less individualistic) countries.

The two-party system is not fake, it’s a very real inevitability of FPtP voting.

For example: This 60-second animation shows how divided Congress has become over the last 60 years

Ignoring that also turns everything to the right (if not through actual voting, through lower turnout).

we have HTML5 now which is better than Flash ever was

In some ways, sure. In others?

Trying to download HTML5 games sucks (there is no container format). Trying to play them locally sucks too (simple http server). If preservation efforts here can match how it has gone for Flash content, it’ll likely be only thanks to web crawlers people are using now.

Vector graphics was a huge technical feature that (even if still technically possible) has been largely abandoned. Even ignoring visual style, it’s less data to load (esp. w/simpler stuff). Particularly for animations (even a 1min18s clip is ~5x larger when rasterized), it seems silly to me that Google didn’t attempt some sort of HTML5 vector video support (for an extreme example, see the 10-hour homestar runner complilations on YT) which could likely also be used (at least partially) for digital presentations. Vector being rendered natively at runtime means content creators(/platforms) aren’t required to export/store videos in multiple resolutions (which for individuals, might just mean not supporting the higher ones).

Also, WebGL errors and Unity DRM making it even worse, though I’m not sure how much those are still present. Personally I have lost WebGL game data (unclear why, thankfully this isn’t always important) more often than I ever remember with Flash.

He did say it, at least once. I know he didn’t mean it, but still.

Yeah. The stuff I maybe want to do I either will or I won’t have the energy/mood to do. I don’t really care about purchasing things. I don’t really go anywhere, if I can do without I will.

If it’s everything (in a community/profile) maybe, particularly if they don’t have any contributions elsewhere. Or if it’s actually something heartfelt/personal I can see being more touchy about it, less so with bot-like aggregation or reposting old content etc.

Because otherwise, it’s not going to be obvious where the line is when you add in time and % of content. If you’re using a bot/script to detect voting, you’re likely going to ban users just for casual browsing (even if they could explain their votes). Especially as an instance ban purges a user’s account (to users of that instance) as if they’re on the same level as an SEO spammer. Does a voting disagreement mean the rest of their account is invalid?

I don’t know if it’s fedi incompatibility or just 0-transparency moderation, but dubvee might be doing this but it’s unclear as they seem to be just handing out silent bans (no ban reason stated).

We need you to stand your ground and not buy it in the first place.

but that is not our mission

I’m out.

I mean I’d already be out on the grounds of something like this being military/corporate, but otherwise…

I’m less sure of a cruise than I would be of a death cruise (you can check out anytime you like). So you may be onto something here.

just the ones they’ve interact with up to the time of the ban

I got banned from 10 communities on your instance (with no stated reason/expiration) and I’m pretty sure I haven’t interacted with most of those (EDIT: I’m remembering some now, though those were from months ago). So I’m not sure if I got marked by some bot or just said something some mod disagreed with.

This is not an appeal though as I don’t care beyond a casual mention.

EDIT: Actually it is an instance ban, with everything (no matter what instance/comm) purged.

Maybe check out Nim-lang? It does have mm (I hear arc/orc are good) though it can be turned off allowing you to manage memory manually.

That makes more sense in pre-history where the issues were likely not caused by other humans (or if so, a hostile group) but instead nature itself. With modern long-term societal issues, framing it as an individual thing (“just a flaw”) rather than a systemic issue is terrible.

It should be obvious that poor treatment of a living being will have undesirable(/maladaptive) results. Like “oh, they’d rather not exist than exist here? Total mystery, must be defective, no way to prevent this!”. Now sure, calling people broken isn’t exactly wrong, it’s just ignoring why they’re broken.

I didn’t even mention that aspect in my top-level comment because the check engine light is burned out. The systems and access to them were a mess before, and now I’m expecting medicaid cut headlines (and/or dropped people). Which personally, the idea of interrupted treatment makes me more wary than no treatment.

I do as well as I can in an enjoyable way to keep myself somewhat stable. Like I’ve been riding my bike on the trail lately* and I enjoy cooking** for myself. I’ll sometimes drink soda, but honestly I think if the sugar were halved I would probably enjoy it more (or just… some dessert is probably less sugar). Even though I guess subsidies make sugar cheaper than water.

I’ll sweep the floor because I don’t want to walk on dirt. Though yeah, I’m probably stuck here more than others.

* mostly to go outside (with not many good destinations I can viably reach), though I can make it to a local grocery store for a few things

** mostly sautéed vegetables, squash/celery/mushrooms/carrots/onions etc, spinach on sandwiches and recently have tried cooking chard