[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

So, re-release Tay as a sex chatbot, got it, on it!

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago

That'd still be better than Xbox S, Xbox Series X, Xbox One S

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

There's also Mulan (not an actual princess, but eh) who had to get all gussied up just to serve tea

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

Did you also marry a prince after eating a poisoned apple?

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

Having access to the raw materials is the hard part, depending on where you are. If the place your or any other tribes migrates around lacks the raw rocks, you're shit outta luck.

Copper and tin are relatively easy to work, as you can melt the metal into an earthen or sand mold. A furnace that can melt it isn't too hard to create. From that to a steam engine isn't that big of a jump, the Greeks figured that out but never thought about making it do labor.

Another hurdle is surviving long enough, as you wouldn't have access to sanitation or medicine.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago

Yet several cultures across the world developed means to drink milk and eat cheese. The mongols' fermentation process allows them to eat and drink despite being lactose intolerant, not to mention they make kumis from mare milk

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago

Not all obesity is solely due to what you eat. Hypothyroidism can cause obesity even if you eat healthy.

Also, most of these fat looking statues are of women. It's important to keep in mind that, back then, they were likely to give birth to 4+ kids (child mortality was high) and pregnancy can cause all sorts of changes in their bodies.
A woman looking like that statuette would certainly be rare, but you could expect to find something "close enough" from a number of women aged over 50 that had many children before menopause.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago

China does something similar, but they used pandas

Takenoko intensifies

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago

On the SNES, all of the games below have coop:

  • Tiny Toons Wild and Wacky Sports - a collection of several silly minigames as some sort of tournament, with minimum scores that need to be reached. No direct violence between players, only cartoon shenanigans like falling down a cliff, snowballing after tripping while skiing, etc. (Maybe show the kid some of the old cartoons as well, if s/he enjoys, I'm sure the game will be more interesting to him/her)
  • Super Bomberman - Might count as "violent", since you're bombing weird looking enemies, but it's a formula that rarely gets old and plays great as co-op. Your kid might enjoy 3 and 4 the most, with the variety of mounts to be had (if your rpi can run NeoGeo games, Neo Bomberman is also a great choice)
  • Top Gear - Racing game with one of the best soundtracks in the console. Top Gear 3000 goes to space and has plenty of options for upgrading your car.
  • Secret of Mana - Might count as "violent", especially as you start off with a sword and kill cute bunny-thing enemies. An action RPG that, once you get the 2nd character, it can be played with the 2nd controller. Drop-in/drop-out, so you can easily join and leave while your kid plays or vice versa. The same applies for Secret of Mana 2 (Seiken Densetsu 3)
  • Magical Quest 2 and 3 - Disney games that are best when played cooperatively (the first lacks coop). Starts off easy enough and you get new costumes that give special powers, which help you out in the stages going forward. It's "Disney violence" how you beat most enemies (jumping on their heads, spinning them against one another)
  • Kirby Super Star and Dreamland 3 - Both allow for a second player to join in and help. Dreamland 3 has a very unique and cute looking style.
  • International Super Star Soccer - If you're into normal football (soccer), this is easily the best of its kind for the 16-bit era
  • NBA Jam - Also available on the Mega Drive, dunno which version is better. BOOM SHAKA LAKA!!
[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 18 points 3 days ago

Certainly seems so. From the picture the OOP posted, it doesn't look like there's paved walkways

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 23 points 3 days ago

Age of Empires 2, despite being Microsoft owned, is easily one of the best strategy games of all time and has very clearly stood the test of time. It's over 25 years old and people kept playing it a lot even before the HD remakes. I remember reading that the folks that made the 1st game often had to choose between "actual history or hollywood history" for some details, often going for hollywood because it made for a more fun experience.

I suspect Factorio might stand the test of time as well, and it's clearly something made by someone who really understands the medium. I haven't begun my factory yet.

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Panzer-Chan asks "what the fuck is a corruption fetish???"

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 13 points 4 days ago

LineageOS works on a bunch of non google phones

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I've been thinking about some games that can be done in order to get people drawing, mostly as a means to give some variation to kids I've been teaching.

So far, I've found/thought about the following:

  1. I go through body parts, one at a time, like "torso". Everyone draws it. Once done, they pass the paper to another person, then I state another body part, rinse and repeat until it's fully done
  2. One person has to describe a thing or creature without naming it, everyone else has to draw according to what's being described
  3. Give them 3 lists, one of "who", one of "where" and one of "doing", where they pick one option from each and have to draw it, so others have to figure what it is. For instance, "(Who) Medic / (Where) Space / (Doing) Playing games with friends"

What else would you suggest?

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No need to name names or sources.

Mine has to be some dude that insisted that advertising is a "30,000 year old technology"

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SOURCE - https://brightwanderer.tumblr.com/post/681806049845608448

Alt-text:
I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned “forever” into the only acceptable definition of success.

Like... if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it’s a “failed” business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don’t actually want to keep doing that, you're a “failed” writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it’s a “failed” marriage.

The only acceptable “win condition” is “you keep doing that thing forever”. A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a “real” friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a “phase” - or, alternatively, a “pity” that you don’t do that thing any more. A fandom is “dying” because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things.

| just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it’s okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success... I don’t think that’s doing us any good at all.

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