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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Since I am coming into the office, I had to procure a few things. My mouse pad had not arrived just yet, so I had to get creative. I took a bag of Albanese gummy worm candy and used that as a hand rest. While it was uncomfortable, it got the job done […] [Original post on mast.linuxgamecast.com]

A white and purple bag of Albanese gummy worms on a white surface. In the background is a back computer mouse and folded paper towels.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I'm looking for a better job and I see all of these positions that are advertised as "<Some regular role> - AI Trainer". My take on this is these recruiters or companies are getting skilled employees so that they can take their data, throw it into an LLM (or some similar data set), and make a […]

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

From the looks of it, in the 1990s and through to some time in the 2000s, the #DoomEngine was the software that many hobbyists use to make their game. Then in the rest of the 2000s and into the 2010s, many hobbyists use #RPGMaker to not only make their games, but also to tell a story.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

I keep hearing all this talk about #tokens, but that only makes me think of slot machines and gambling. If not, then tokens that use to be used in arcades.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

I would not be surprised if many players are put off of finishing more traditional #RPGs (like #JRPGs) because of the final boss slog. It takes so much time and effort to finish the two phases (because these final bosses have at least two phases). If the player fails one of the phases, it's back […]

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

As I was walking around the neighborhood this morning, I saw a construction crew starting. The nearby alley is being fixed. The men and women (a woman to look out for cars, a man and woman whose jobs were to take care of the cement truck, and two guys talking to another person via a tablet on a […]

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

I'm listening to #ElvisCostello. Man, I didn't know how much of a #punk pioneer this guy was.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I recently updated #Firefox and they changed the theme. The themes for #browsers nowadays look passable. But I remember back in the day when the theme artists went all out with the themes, coloring every widget and giving all the buttons different styles.

Firefox back, forward, reload, stop, home, download, bookmark, and other buttons in green and black. Dropdown menus are also shown (the usual "File", "Edit", "View", "Go", and so on). At the bottom are tabs with the words "Logins" and "Idle".

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

A #vtuber that I admire is retiring from the but business, i.e. she's #graduating. I've been torn up about it for the whole morning.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

It took me a long time. But I finally moved my #Nextcloud install to different hardware.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

It would be nice to get paid for surveying for #OpenStreetMap. I doubt I would be able to get a lot of money, though, since it would need to come from tips, donations, or something like a #Patreon campaign.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

As I was diving through an intersection, I saw a few kids on eScooters waiting to cross the street. I guess some of them are organizing into scooter gangs now. 😄

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

*New Kirby game gets announced.* *New Metroid game gets announced* *Eye-twitch* Goddamn it

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

I'm watching this vtuber (www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcpSjTlGeKs) playing The Secret of #MonkeyIsland and she's gotten to the point where Guybrush can escape from the Cannibals. The increase in security as the Cannibals keep locking up Guybrush is hilarious. @grumpygamer

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

A #vtuber I'm watching is playing #MonkeyIsland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWF66T33ObA It's nice to see a younger generation playing the classics.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Whenever I'm tired or drowsy, I hear random voices. They don't tell me to do anything bad; they don't have a clear message. This time, they sounded like a country song. I could hear the steel guitar and the vocals, but I couldn't make heads nor tails of what they were talking about.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

As I was walking to my room, I briefly heard a radio commercial about cars making an impact on kids. At first I thought, WTF?! Then I heard the rest of the commercial about donating your car so that you can help kids.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

I've learned that that the company for which I work may be canceling my #WFH accommodation. 🙃 So it looks like I'll be looking for a job soon.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

I got the #Gurgle word in three tries. That rarely happens to me.

A black screen with a grid of white boxes. In rows one and two, gray letters are filled in the boxes. On line three, the word "GONAD" is in green letters.

A virtual keyboard is at the bottom of the screen.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

[Comment about Twitter] Seems like the Nazi (or Nazi management) at Twitter is trying to tighten his grip on social media.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

[If you need to see a proctologist, be honest with them.] Even if you've stuck stuff up your butt, that won't phase them. They've seen some shit. #Humor #MedicalHumor

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Hot Shots, Part Deux may not be better than Hot Shots. But it's good in its own way. #MovieOpinion

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

I just opened up a fortune cookie that didn't have a fortune in it. Nah, there's nothing bad about that.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Me playing an #MMO: say, this game isn't that bad. * An encounter starts * Me again: oh no, the one thing that ruins this game: other players! #Games #OnlineGames

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

I've seen that later quests in Cyberpunk 2077 mainly reward the player with more Eddies, XP, iconic weapons, and sometimes cool items. I wonder if, in the next Cyberpunk game, the player could be rewarded with some interesting real estate. What if, when a player completes a quest, they get a […]

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

The existence of Kellogg's Special K implies the existence of Kellogg's General K. Unless that has something to do with General Mills. In which case, it's more complicated than I thought. #ScienceJoke #PhysicsJoke

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

I went to #QuakeCon and got this nice bag. I want to use it (since I don't have many other bags), but I would eventually mess up the pictures on it. #idSoftware

A black tote bag which has the pictures of neatly every game that id Software has made. In the center, it says "id 35th anniversary".

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

The use of tokens in #AI (and how companies require more tokens to use the AI service) makes me think of various currencies in #gacha games.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

Seen at a Kroger, July 25, 2026. A #Pokemon vending machine that, among other things, dispenses #PokemonCards. It also has a notice for would-be trading card scalpers.

A mainly white Pokemon vending machine with a touchscreen. On the screen are shown various Pokemon trading card products. At the bottom of the screen is a picture of Bulbasaur, Pikachu,Charmander, and Squirtle, along with the words "Touch to start". At the top of the screen is a notice. Some of the text says, "Loitering is not permitted. Machine inventory will be released periodically. Products will have purchase limits." Below that notice is a QR code with a telephone number for calling Pokemon customer support.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

I've heard that those #HuggingFace assholes have been scraping the #GitHub and profiting off that code. Jokes on them: the code that I put on the Github is crap. I'm already poisoning the well.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

I just read a post on Lemmy about difficulty in Dark souls. From the looks of it, people play it for the challenge. It's not to say that they do not like the story; I'm sure there's a good story to it. But these people like a good challenge.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

While I'm at the #gym, I play a session of the #Wordle clone #Gurgle. I can only solve it half the time.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

I've been thinking about this for decades, but I think I have it. In the movie "Forrest Gump", whenever people would ask Forrest of he was stupid, he would respond, "Stupid is as stupid does." This implies a direct relationship between being stupid and being productive. In the movie, since […]

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

I just went to a QuickTrip (QT) gas station, and one employee was telling another employee about a company health inspector that was making the rounds. Apparently, QT has a "food auditor" who checks the foods. Not only that, but the employee said that this was the boss of the food auditors. So […]

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

I an having a dilemma. I have some heavy items that I would like to sell. I can't sell them on #eBay, since the shipping cost is too expensive. There's also Facebook Marketplace, but I would have to deal with Meta, so screw that. #SellingStuff

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

[Ranting about id Software] It's fucking stupid how id Software is being gutted. The house that gave us the FPS genre is being shaken down to its foundation. Firing half the staff is only the start. Those bastards at MicroSlop are killing the team that made the Tech engine. I'm wondering how […]

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

After I got home right now, I felt a pain in my neck. I applied some pain-relieving cream to my neck, then rubbed it into my skin, and finally washed my hands. After that, I went to the bathroom. Within a minute, my privates started to feel quite cold and/or numb. I guess I didn't do a good […]

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

Has anyone tried reinstalling #CalyxOS on their phone? Did you use #Seedvault to restore the data? #Reinstall #FediHelp #BackupAndRestore

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

When I got my #3DS, I also got the game Cubic Ninja since that was one of the few games I could get with the device. The game was so terrible that I returned it. Fast forward to today, and it's going for a lot of money due to it's use in modding the 3DS. Hindsight's 20/20.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

I'm amazed that, even after all these years, #VectorPinball still gets updates.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

The bathroom in my home is getting some remodeling. The cabinets and sinks are being removed, and currently it sounds like the office of my dentist.

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Ertain @ertain.mast.linuxgamecast.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

Nowadays, the #Pokemon games are an after thought for the Pokémon Company. What they do is sell merchandise, and the video games are a vehicle for them to push products. Their cards fly off the shelves, so the Pokémon Company doesn't need to focus so much on the video games.

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