I am familiar with the phrase. And I was correct assuming you were referring to chromium as the culprit.

In case anyone didn’t know, you actually can polish a turd.

https://youtu.be/yiJ9fy1qSFI

How would you say it’s a turd? I assume because it’s still chromium based, but I don’t want to put words in your mouth.

It’s my browser of choice for my work computer but I do run Firefox at home and on mobile.

Anyolduser: You’re all a bunch of pussies for being afraid to get shot in a country without reasonable gun laws and increasing political unrest.

Also Anyolduser: People are disagreeing with me?!? “This place is a fucking hole”

If “dusting the house” means removing dust from the environment, wouldn’t de-dusting mean to empty the vacuum bag all over bombsite B?

I gotta disagree. This looks amazing. The ability to free roam this world is huge on its own. From the previews I’ve read there are tweaks to the world and new puzzles sprinkled in. This looks like a great way to introduce a new generation to Riven without tarnishing the original.

Plus the originals are indeed still available to enjoy if that’s your thing.

I used a Microsoft Sidewinder 3d Pro for this and other flight sim games. The throttle, plus twisting joystick, and extra buttons on the base gave you just about everything you needed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SideWinder#3D_Pro

I wanted to love this game so much back in the day but sadly it seemed to have a lot of bugs. Are there any fan patches to make it playable on modern systems?

I tried the “New Outlook” a few months ago. There was no longer a Save As option for attachments. All attachments were downloaded to the default downloads directory.

I immediately uninstalled and didn’t look back.

There was also the X-Men Origins: Wolverine game on PS3. That’s probably the last tie in game I played.

This seems like a pretty good list. Has anyone here played through the We’re Were Here games? The description sounds like a fun couples game but would love to hear some first hand reviews.

That was the day I cancelled.

I really thought I would love the new tile card for the thermostat but in reality, it’s been 24 hours since I updated and I’ve accidently fucked my temperature setting up at least 5 times already.

I access my dashboard through my phone and it’s way too easy to grab the temperature handles while trying to scroll the dashboard. I’m not sure how I’m going to fix this yet.

Photos as an online photo gallery is their implementation yes but they bought up Picasa the desktop gallery early on. That software included tagging and I believe face recognition by the end.

How about you don’t change the terms people agreed to retroactively. How about if you said “no royalties”, you stick with no royalties and don’t come up with some bullshit fee that works exactly like a royalty.

Finally got around to reading this today. 7th guest holds a special place in my heart as a gaming core memory. The game was very out there for me at 12 years old but the puzzles were great. I remember being at school, ignoring class, drawing chess boards and trying to fit all 8 queens on there. I had no idea about the drama that went on behind the scenes for Trilobyte. I always thought a realtime free movement version like the treatment RealMyst got, would be a lot of fun for revisiting this game but I suppose you’d lose the FMV charm in the process.

For those like me who hadn’t seen this before, this time lapse gif was recorded in 2014. The Rosetta spacecraft had a fascinating, 12 year long mission to get this imagery.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)

I’ve revisited a lot of childhood games over the years thanks to mods but I don’t think I’ve ever thought about seeing where JPT ended up. Thanks for the suggestion. I think I have my weekend rabbit hole.

The good thing about GOG is basically everything retro doesn’t need that launcher if you don’t like it. 8 myself, haven’t had any problems with it though.

I have so many fond memories of Jurassic Park Trespasser. I remember my dad picked it up for me right around launch time. I had read the previews in PC Gamer magazine and was fully into the hype.

The game was really attempting VR before we had VR. There was no HUD. Your lifebar was a heart tattoo on your chest that emptied as you took damage. There was no ammo counter for your guns. Your character would say things like, “feels full” or “feels a little light” to give you an estimate of ammo remaining.

The biggest flaw, apart from the broken AI for dinosaurs, was just like VR, you had to aim manually. You could turn and twist your gun freely which meant you had to aim down the sights. In VR, in 2023, with motion controllers, this is amazing. But in 1998, with a mouse and keyboard, it was really awkward. It’s a game I never finished.; Probably never even got close to finishing. But I was still in awe of the world they built and freedom offered in 1998.

Reed from Smart Home Solver gave his 2 cents in a video today. (https://youtu.be/JXvTzBlsVD4) Using Fully Kiosk Browser and a custom Home Assistant dashboard, it looks like he’s made great use of it.

I still don’t think my smart home is at the level where it needs a dedicated tablet to control it, but the magnetic dock does make this solution more interesting IMO.