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@pup_hime yeah i dont know the particulars. this is all kind of above my pay grade

@pup_hime apparently it has something to do with the way pcie lanes are shared, where if you have two graphics cards then attaching additional pcie devices to the same bus could possibly cause issues. but i dont see that coming up very often

My personal cut off is that NES games have to be real, real interesting and fascinating for me to have a good time, and console games from before that are Basically All Not Fun to me

the SNES is when I start really enjoying things and even then I still find most games unappealingly retro in ways. But at least now I can find a lot of stuff I like

This is pure personal preference, btw, no judgement of the games or their value

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What's the point in time where "retro" games stop being cool and start being unplayable, for you?

Are you the sorta person who finds SNES platformers divine but NES platformers mostly unpolished messes (with some exceptions)? Can you really sink your teeth into an ancient nes game, but Atari just seems pointless? Are you a huge fan of weird old console stuff, but the oldest arcade games just aren't worth going back to? Or does "fun retro" for you mean say, weird GameCube games?

@pup_hime all the desktop kits i've seen for m.2 cards have little cables and separate antennas and a mounting bracket to mount the antennas to

@ElusiveConfection@octodon.social i'm a chiptune musician who sometimes works with midi and it would rule to have a sound card that acts like a Roland MT-32 so you don't have to rely on software emulation to get that sound

@Okesska that era when the turtles were monstrous and the coffee/tea flowed like water

hey computer touchers, a question for you. the desktop motherboard im looking at has a Key-E slot for an M.2 wi-fi card. is there some advantage to using that versus getting a regular ole PCIe wi-fi card?

(for context the case i want is an atx mid-tower so it's not like there's no space for an antenna bracket on the back)

@ElusiveConfection@octodon.social oh that would be sick actually

remember way back in 2019 when i think the US govt was in shut down mode bcz of Republicans playing games with the budget and so all the park rangers were laid off? and then there was an altercation between a group of young white boys and an indigenous senior adult at the lincoln memorial? That indigenous man's name was Nathan Phillips, and he's about to lose his home. Please share the link far and wide and help this community leader keep his home!

gofundme.com/f/land-back-for-n

mangia, screenshot, atari 2600 (1983) "the game is set in a kitchen, where the mother is serving pasta to her kid. playing the role of the kid, your job is to dispose of the food any way you can! if you eat too much your stomach will eventually explode." videogamecritic.com/2600mm.htm

imagine a modern computing world where everything is the same except we still need separate sound cards for some reason. and games make a big deal out of being compatible with different ones. it would be a worse world in every way but its still fun to think about

it's typhlosion day, everyone's favorite federal holiday. you're required by law to be nice to me today

he plays a pubg game, he plays a fortnite game, he plays a moba game, he plays a shooter game. he sings the songs that remind him of the based times, he sings the songs that remind him of the poggers times

Blargh….I’m a bit embarrassed to have to ask but I’m facing a roughly $200 shortfall for food and bills till my next paycheck

PayPal is weirdodragoncat @ gmail . com

Venmo is @ weirdodragoncat

Cashapp is $weirdodragoncat

I appreciate any help, including sharing this

bleh... i wanna get armored core 6 when it comes out, but i'll need to upgrade my pc in some pretty major ways in order to play it and i wont have the money on hand for all the parts for a while

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