I’d be interested in seeing marketing of ChatGPT as a competitive boardgame player. Is there any?

That is more a failure of the person who made that decision than a failing of ChatBots, lol

Because people want to feel superior because they don’t know how to use a ChatBot can count the number of "r"s in the word “strawberry”, lol

Going forward? RetroAchievements, Steam, GOG, and LaunchBox to tie it all together. PSN trophy integration to LaunchBox would be cool too, because PS3 stuff is never coming to any of those platforms and I have history there, too.

For historical stuff, that’s in my memory exclusively.

The first console with a framebuffer was the 3DO. The first console people cared about with a framebuffer was the PSX.

I cared about the 3DO…

Thanks for the info though!

In the context of what I posted, you’re talking about Amazon delivery boxes…ahaha

But yeah, game console boxes are collector’s items! Especially for people who preordered the darned things! Lol

I was looking it up, and games like Super Mario World are allegedly at 60fps according to some random things on the internet

I’m pretty sure the 16-bit era were generally 60FPS

Wealth taxes frequently do not bring in enough revenue which is a significant problem.

Yeah, they’re too low!

Bro when Majora’s mask came out nothing was 60fps lol

Huh? 60fps was the standard, at least in Japan and North America, because TVs were at 60Hz/fps.

Actually, 60.0988fps according to speed runners.

Great tip! I’d still prefer to ask at the connecting airport, but the first-leg plane staff would be a good bet if the connection time is tight

They said target audience, not the only customers.

To the last point, I wouldn’t trust anyone at your departing airport who tells you your bag will go to the destination. Almost lost a bag that way. Thankfully, my uncertainty made me ask again at the layover airport “just in case”…lol

That’s just his own kids

Thank you for this detailed response!

I have a Pixel, which has 5 years of security updates. That would probably get me up to the point where I’d want to change the battery. But I’m not convinced a newer phone would have anything for me other than better security updates, so it’d be hard to justify the price.

There’s also the fact that new phones can still have security vulnerabilities.

Since my phone is a flagship phone, I feel comfortable that if there are unpatched security issues discovered, they’d be caught by the public pretty quickly and I could make decisions from there…I just have to hope I’m not a “patient zero”, lol

I may have to get a “burner phone” for any sketchier activities to be safe, though…lmao

Is that a relatively reasonable course of action?

In one article (maybe not this one), the reasoning was that these were preorders, and they needed to ensure that each preordered console was saved for someone who preordered it.

In that state, plastic bags are illegal and haven’t been replaced by paper bags, so that’s out.

Generally, they’d tape the receipt to the box. But it was especially hot in the store on that day, and the receipts were being blown off by the AC/fans despite the tape.

They didn’t have stronger tape, but they did have a stapler.

Perfectly logical for someone who doesn’t realize the box is part of the purchase. I hate it, but I get how it happened.

EDIT: clarity

How often do older devices get breached, and is there any way to continue using an “older” device safely?

I feel like short security update lifecycles are a form of planned obsolescence.

With a battery upgrade after a few years, I could probably get over 5 years of life out of my phone, easily.

Stealing from Reddit is just stealing from a thief in a way…

Minimum wage workers who have a problem they need to fix.

For a lot of people, the box isn’t much different from an Amazon delivery box. You throw it out after you’ve got what’s inside.

I’d be asking for a different box though, lol

Caring for them is entirely a different matter, but yes.