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thank you for answering my dreamcast questions i am going to take a nap now goodbye

@XerShadowTail that makes sense but im gonna grumble about it anyway grumble grumble

why would you even solder a cmos battery directly into your thing anyway. it's like they didn't want their console to be usable at all after five years

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@XerShadowTail unfortunately i don't have soldering equipment, soldering experience, or space to do soldering-related work, so i guess this will have to wait

We have lots going on, and we're completely broke.
We have just gotten nine #transgender people out of danger. 4 of those by getting them asylum in the Netherlands.
We are absolutely desperate for funds, folks. We're currently funding operations from our personal rent money.
Please boost this, we've never been this desperate.
transrescue.org/donations/dona.

elon posting 

i'm sorry I am like completely dead on the floor this is too much even for elon

I'll stop now and go take a bath and binge bocchi the rock or whatever

okay, last dreamcast question for now, hopefully. is it normal that i have to set the date and time every time i start up the system, or is that a sign that the rtc has a dead battery or something

they banned linktree. clearly this means you have to make a neocities page now

neocities.org/ go make ye a webbed site

@kamiten not even *any* other social media site. they name a few platforms specifically. tumblr and cohost are apparently fine

I Can't Fucking Believe Twitter Is Trying To Streisand Effect Mastodon Into Being A Serious Player In The Eyes Of People Who Aren't Tech-Adjacent

okay, pier solar is just region-free. as with so many things in life, this was something i could have found out much sooner just by reading the enclosed instruction booklet

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re: either my dreamcast is magic or pier solar is region-free already 

@EeveeEuphoria@tech.lgbt ooh yeah here it is, from the getting-started page on the instruction manual:

"The 'Dreamcast' version of the game is meant to be played on any SEGA Dreamcast system from any region around the world."

re: either my dreamcast is magic or pier solar is region-free already 

@EeveeEuphoria@tech.lgbt it's very strange that they'd put FOR JAPAN ONLY on the back if that's the case. maybe it's for legal purposes or something?

So I'd need to raise 280€ in total.

I really wish we could sleep together at the same time again and the anti-choking pillow would allow that.

As for karate, it's my dream since I'm 7 but I couldn't go to the closest club because it was still too far away from home.

I've been lucky enough to practice for two months in 2017/2018 but had to stop back then, and I really wish I could get back. My senseï is disabled as well and knows me so he'll make sure I'll be safe.

Thanks for any help 💙

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Hey friends,

I'm so sorry to ask but I'd really need help. I gotta buy an anti-choking pillow due to my nocturnal epilepsy, because my fiancee has to stay awake to look after me. It costs 100€ with two washable pillowcases.

Also I'd like to get back to karate (180€) in January, maybe it could slow down the neurodegenerative disease I probably have and it's my childhood dream, I wish I could make it happen before it's too late.

Any help matters, thank you.
Please boost

paypal.me/VirgileMougin

either my dreamcast is magic or pier solar is region-free already 

my copy of Pier Solar and the Great Architects has NTSC-J all over it. "For Japan Only," it says, in multiple places on the packaging. so, i was looking into getting past region-locking because i figured i'd probably not be able to play it on my north american dreamcast

on a lark, i put the disc in anyway and see what will happen, expecting some sort of "wrong region" message

and... it boots and runs anyway??

thinking i might have gotten a J console, i tried Bust-a-Move 4 (which has an ESRB rating right on the disc so i know it's a north american game) and it works too

so my assumption is one of:
- my dreamcast was already modded to make it region-free and i wasn't aware when i bought it
- pier solar, being a modern homebrew game, is region-free despite all the packaging saying it's only for NTSC-J

does anyone know if pier solar is like that, or does my dreamcast just have magic powers

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