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grandpoobah commented on Quake's Player Speed (2017)   rome.ro/quakes-player-spe... · Posted by u/klaussilveira
nine_k · 3 months ago
Yes, but at least humanly possible. Likely not with all the gear, but at least as a player you feel more like a running person than like a flying pilot.

Doom offered very nice gentle "bobbing" that added to the illusion of a real person's gait. Of course, only when you played single-player and switched off the "always run" mode. (Regarding this, I wish there were a popular FPS that would explore the notion of stamina, so that running mindlessly would be wasteful, but sprinting at critical moments would be an extra game mechanic. It worked reasonably well in Diablo, released in 1996.)

grandpoobah · 3 months ago
Fortnite, one of the world's most popular FPS games, has the notion of stamina. In my opinion it has been poorly implemented and it's incredibly frustrating at the best of times.
grandpoobah commented on Spotify reportedly investigating Anna's Archive's scraping of their library   billboard.com/business/st... · Posted by u/_vqpz
cakealert · 3 months ago
A sufficiently seeded torrent is a high latency static CDN.

You just need a client that can make use of it.

I'm not sure if anyone will be interested in making one however, you can already get a patched Spotify APK from the usual mobile piracy spaces that's good enough.

grandpoobah · 3 months ago
Now that's a cool idea.
grandpoobah commented on Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros   cnbc.com/2025/12/08/param... · Posted by u/gniting
josefritzishere · 3 months ago
For a large enough "donation" the current administration will approve any merger.
grandpoobah · 3 months ago
grandpoobah commented on Say Hi to Kit   firefox.com/en-US/kit/... · Posted by u/14113
DoctorOW · 4 months ago
This is only getting hate because people love to hate on Firefox. Firefox having a name and identity for the little guy in their logo is a no-brainer.

I put my money where my mouth is, I use Firefox everyday for my regular browsing both on my computer and on Android. It works great. So tired of the FUD.

grandpoobah · 4 months ago
I use Firefox and I like Firefox, but it feels like they refreshed the logo not all that long ago, and in the time between then and now I can't really think of anything they added to the browser that improved it. I just feel like Firefox is slowly dying, and a fresh coat of paint every few years isn't going to turn things around.
grandpoobah commented on Direct File won't happen in 2026, IRS tells states   nextgov.com/digital-gover... · Posted by u/jhatax
jordanb · 4 months ago
grandpoobah · 4 months ago
Such a cheap bribe holy crap.
grandpoobah commented on Microsoft 365 Copilot's commercial failure   perspectives.plus/p/micro... · Posted by u/jukkan
Too · 5 months ago
In true Microsoft spirit, they completely tanked the name. This was launched just shortly after GitHub Copilot was the hottest trend. Everyone associates Copilot with GitHub and think it's a developer-product, not an office-product.

Changing the name of the entire Office suite into Copilot didn't make things better. Now you have no idea of knowing what you are really getting. Is Office Copilot? Is Copilot Office? Is Office AI? Is AI Copilot? Is time real or just a concept? Who knows? The strongest product in Microsoft's portfolio with an established name is now gone.

Give it a year and it will be renamed again to Microsoft Teams 365 Copilot Enterprise with Office subsystem for Windows Business. Just to cover all bases.

grandpoobah · 5 months ago
MSN, .NET, Windows Live, Live... Microsoft can't help themselves when it comes to going all-in on new branding.
grandpoobah commented on Microsoft makes Windows 10 extended security updates free in EEA   windowscentral.com/micros... · Posted by u/kirenida
grandpoobah · 6 months ago
I'm willing to run Windows 10 without security updates. Not going to be bullied into downgrading.
grandpoobah commented on Macron says France will ban social media access for under-15s   euronews.com/my-europe/20... · Posted by u/01-_-
grandpoobah · 9 months ago
Another western country putting age controls on social media. Gee I wonder where this is ultimately headed.
grandpoobah commented on Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia   science.org/content/artic... · Posted by u/pseudolus
cwsx · 9 months ago
The most accurate representation of "Chaotic Neutral" - the cheeky bastards love stealing ANYTHING, and when there's nothing to steal they'll start ripping the rubber off your car door seals (or windshield wipers).

They are amazing birds, very deserving of the name "Clown of the Mountains".

grandpoobah · 9 months ago
I'll never understand why we New Zealanders chose a flightless defenseless bird as our national bird when we have so many other great candidates.

u/grandpoobah

KarmaCake day846December 5, 2011View Original