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demifiendrsa · 1 year ago

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Valve has released a 25th anniversary update for Half-Life.

Half-Life is free to own on Steam until November 20, 2023 10AM PT / 1PM ET.

Overview

BRAND NEW INTERVIEWS WITH THE HL1 DEV TEAM!

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We got the band back together to celebrate this anniversary, and we invited the fine people at Secret Tape to film it all happening. Getting together after all this time was the perfect opportunity to revisit the game as it existed in its earliest forms, and to talk about how and why it eventually took shape the way it did. Check out the film to see what it was like to be a part of the team, way back then.

THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY UPDATE FOR HALF-LIFE INCLUDES:

HALF-LIFE UPLINK

Originally released as a CD exclusive for magazines and hardware manufacturers, this mini-campaign was built by the Half-Life team right after the game went gold. As this was many people's first experience with Half-Life, we thought it was finally time to bundle it with the main game—no sound card purchase necessary.

4 NEW MULTIPLAYER MAPS

Built by Valve level designers, these new maps push the limits of what's possible in the Half-Life engine.

CONTAMINATION

Two-foot-thick steel doors block off access to this contaminated waste facility, which has questionable scientific goals at best. Strap on a gluon gun and roast all intruders.

POOL PARTY

Enjoy a relaxing stay at this abandoned Xen outpost built around a cluster of soothing healing pools free-floating in space. How do you breathe here? It doesn't matter!

DISPOSAL

Processing Area 3, a massive radioactive waste plant gone quiet. Tons of room for you and your colleagues to do experiments with a Tau Cannon or some hand grenades.

ROCKET FRENZY

The creaking weight of this decaying orbital satellite launch facility somehow feels familiar… If we could switch on the oxygen lines, power, and fuel, we might just be able to light this candle.

UPDATED GRAPHICS SETTINGS

Play the game the way it looked in 1998, but on a modern monitor.

Widescreen field of view!

Option to disable texture smoothing on the GL renderer!

Lighting fixes including the long-lost GL Overbright support!

Software rendering on Linux! Crisp colors, animated water, and unfiltered textures!

CONTROLLER AND STEAM NETWORKING SUPPORT

A proper gamepad config out of the box!

Added support for Steam Networking! Invite your friends or join games instantly with no fuss.

STEAM DECK SUPPORT!

We finally put our game through our own “Verified” tests, and... we failed super hard. So we fixed it! After re-testing the game, Half-Life gets to officially wear the green checkmark.

Now you can play Half-Life on the best handheld gaming computer in the world in glorious 800p with improved controls and UI.

UI SCALING SUPPORT FOR HIGHER RESOLUTIONS

The entire UI has been reworked to scale at larger screen sizes. We built most of this stuff for 640x480 CRTs and apparently some of you have upgraded since then.

RESTORED CONTENT

We brought back the classic Valve logo video with its iconic music and reskinned the menu to match the 1998 build.

IVAN THE SPACE BIKER AND PROTO-BARNEY

After all this time we finally shipped the original heroes from the alpha builds of Half-Life, available as multiplayer skins!

AS WELL AS THESE RARELY-SEEN EXTRAS!

In 1999, Valve released a CD called Half-Life: Further Data at retail stores, and we're finally including much of that content.

THREE MULTIPLAYER MAPS

Double Cross

Rust Mill

Xen DM

TWO MP PLAYER MODELS

The Half-Life: Further Data CD also included some multiplayer skins made by the original team; we've brought back this incredible skeleton (now with tintable eyes!) and fan-favorite Too Much Coffee Man.

DOZENS OF SPRAYS

While playing a bunch of multiplayer matches we kept wanting more sprays... So we grabbed several megabytes of them from the Further Data release!

BUG FIXES AND CHANGE NOTES

New Content

Now Verified on the Steam Deck (and our native Linux runtime has been set as the default).

Half-Life: Uplink — the original standalone Half-Life demo — has been added to the game, and is accessible through the "New Game" menu.

Added four all-new Half-Life Deathmatch maps: contamination, pool_party, disposal, and rocket_frenzy

Added three old Half-Life Deathmatch maps formerly available only on the "Half-Life: Further Data" CD: doublecross, rust_mill, xen_dm.

Added Ivan the Space Biker, Prototype Barney, Skeleton, and Too Much Coffee Man as player models to Half-Life Deathmatch.

Added dozens of new sprays formerly available only on the "Half-Life: Further Data" CD.

Added support for Steam Networking, allowing easy multiplayer via Steam's Join Game and Invite features.

Added support for Steam Friends Rich Presence, allowing your friends to follow your journey through Black Mesa.

Nostalgia

Brought back the original Valve Intro video. Can be skipped with the "-novid" launch command.

Updated main menu to a design inspired by the game's original 1998 main menu.

Changed the default models to the original (non "HD") models.

Gameplay Changes

Improved physics for throwing grenades.

Improved randomness for initial spawn points in multiplayer.

Improved satchel charge controls: primary fire now always throws a new satchel, and secondary fire always detonates.

Fixed push-able entity movement being based on framerate.

Fixed players with high framerates freezing in place on death in multiplayer.

Fixed some cases where the player could get stuck in place on level transitions.

Fixed some cases where characters would interrupt important dialogue with their "greetings" dialogue.

Fixed weapon view-bob angles.

Fixed red barrels at the start of Surface Tension not launching as intended.

Fixed Snarks attacking FL_WORLDBRUSH entities (such as func_walls).

Fixed players sometimes failing to deploy a snark while crouching and looking down.

Fixed certain convars ("pausable" and "sv_maxspeed") being set to incorrect values when entering a singleplayer game after a multiplayer game.

Fixed singleplayer auto-aim setting being changed when entering a multiplayer game that disallows auto-aim.

Fixed the flashlight HUD showing empty after loading a savegame.

Fixed rockets in CONTENTS_SKY not always detonating.

Fixed incorrect bullet impact sounds for NPCs.

Fixed gauss gun making a loud static noise if it was charged across level transitions.

Fixed a crash in mods that display keybinds in their UI.

Fixed singleplayer weapons not auto-switching away when exhausted (grenades / snarks / satchels / etc)

Fixed interpolation artifacts when animated models are moved by other entities.

Fixed some buffer overflow exploits.

UI Changes

Main-menu background and buttons have been reskinned, and now scale based upon screen resolution without stretching, supporting background image layouts up to 3840x1600.

In-Game HUD now uses double or triple sized sprites when playing at higher resolutions.

UI dialogs and in-game fonts now scale to improve readability at high screen resolutions.

In-Game HUD HEV suit display has been shifted to the left of the screen, and no longer changes position at larger screen resolutions.

Added an "Enable texture filtering" setting.

Added an "Allow widescreen Field of View" setting to correct non-anamorphic FOVs, for widescreen and ultrawide displays.

Re-organized all the Settings screens to improve legibility, and support controller navigation.

Updated the Pause menu to be aware of the current gameplay mode.

The default server name and multiplayer player name are now based on the player's Steam Persona.

The Steam platform menu has been removed, now that all its features are in Steam itself.

Fixed application icon rendering incorrectly when using the software renderer.

Fixed player and spray images not updating their coloring on the settings screen.

Removed the now very unnecessary "Low video quality. Helps with slower video cards." setting.

Input Changes

Improved support for keyboard and controller navigation everywhere.

Added "Lower Input Latency" option: Synchronizes the CPU and GPU to reduce the time between input and display output.

Fixed issues that caused jerky mouse / joystick input.

(We basically rewrote it all - if you've got a custom Steam Input controller configuration, you should rebuild it from our newly published Official Configuration).

Multiplayer Balancing

Increased the 357 damage from 40 → 50.

Hive Hand reload time has been reduced from 0.5s → 0.3s per shot, and it will be selected at higher priority than the pistol on pickup.

MP5 now always starts it with full ammo when picked up.

Players no longer drop empty weapons, and any that are dropped are reloaded by what's in the dying player's backpack.

Improved client-side prediction to reduce "ghost shots". Like Counter-Strike, consider hitboxes and not just bounding boxes for hits on the client.

Fixed network predicted crowbar swing damage being incorrect.

Rendering

Added supported for UI Sprites and Texture files larger than 256x256.

Added support for UI Font special render modes: "blur" and "additive".

Added setting to turn off texture filtering when using the OpenGL renderer.

Default resolution is now based on the resolution of the desktop, instead of a 640x480 window.

Default gamma has been decreased from 2.5 → 2.2, now that we aren't all playing on CRTs.

Software renderer will now correctly filter out incompatible resolutions, unless there is only 1 resolution available on the display.

Restored OpenGL overbright support.

Fixed fullscreen software renderer crashing on systems that don't support 16-bit color.

Fixed software renderer being stretched when using widescreen resolutions.

Fixed skyboxes and sky color incorrectly carrying over when transitioning maps in multiplayer.

Fixed the game appearing too dark after modifying video settings.

Fixed MSAA in windowed mode.

Fixed mipmap rendering on studio models.

Fixed gluon gun sprite rendering in multiplayer.

Fixed gluon gun sinusoidal noise being incorrect.

Various optimizations to support the newly increased engine limits.

OpenGL optimizations for the Steam Deck.

Engine Improvements for Mod Makers

Increased maximum limit of dynamic sound channels from 8 → 32.

Increased maximum limit of sentences in the sentences.txt file from 1536 → 2048.

Increased maximum number of entities (MAX_EDICTS) from 900 → 1200.

Increased MAX_PACKET_ENTITIES increased from 256 → 1024.

Increased MAX_GLTEXTURES from 4800 → 10000.

Increased software renderer geometry limits: max spans 3000 → 6000, max surfaces 2000 → 4000, and max edges 7200 → 14400.

Cycler and func_button entities can now be the entity target for scripted_sentence entities, and are allowed to speak in multiplayer.

Incorporated func_vehicle entity support from Counter-Strike, for mod-makers to use. Full SDK update will come later, but level designers can use it now.

Native Linux Build

Added support for the software renderer.

Improved font rendering.

Many stability and behavior fixes.

Other

Localization files updated.

Miscellaneous security fixes.

Notes

The previous version of the game has been archived to a publicly visible Beta branch named "steam_legacy", with the description "Pre-25th Anniversary Build." If a mod or feature is behaving in an unexpected way, you may need to run this archived build until the issue is resolved in the default build.

We now consider this anniversary version of Half Life to be the definitive version, and the one we'll continue to support going forward. Therefore, we'll be reducing the visibility of Half Life: Source on the Steam Store. We know Half-Life: Source's assets are still being used by the Source engine community, so it'll remain available, but we'll be encouraging new Half-Life players to play this version instead.

WALLPAPERS

Celebrate 25 years of Half-life by decorating your desktop and mobile phone.

#Half Life #Half Life 1 #Valve #Valve Corporation #PC #Steam #video game #long post

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spicykaraage · 1 year ago

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Tenipuri Complete Character Profile - Shuusuke Fuji

[PROFILE]

Birthday: February 29th (Pisces)

Blood Type: B

Relatives: Father, Mother (Yoshiko Fuji), Older Sister (Yumiko Fuji), Younger Brother (Yuuta Fuji)

Father’s Occupation: Company Employee (foreign company)

Elementary School: Seiharudai Third Elementary School

Middle School: Seishun Academy Junior High School

Grade & Class: Third Year | Class 3-6 | Seat 14

Club: Tennis Club (Regular)

Committee: Yearbook Production Committee

Strong Subjects: Classic Literature

Weak Subjects: Science

Frequently Visited Spot at School: Photography Room

World Cup Team: U-17 World Cup Japanese Representatives

Favorite Motto: “What is essential is invisible to the eyes.”

Daily Routines: Tending to his cacti, drinking morning coffee

Hobbies: Collecting cacti, photography

Favorite Color: Beige

Favorite Music: Celtic music

Favorite Movie: Musicals

Favorite Book: Interior design magazines ➜ Travelogues, travel photo collections [23.5]

Favorite Food: Apples, Cajun food, spicy ramen ➜ Anything spicy, 100% apple juice [23.5]

Favorite Anniversary: The birthday of a special someone

Preferred Type: A person with beautiful fingers ➜ A person who smells like flowers [23.5]

Ideal Date Spot: Planetarium ➜ An observatory with a beautiful view of the stars [23.5]

His Gift For a Special Person: A flower ring

Where He Wants to Travel: Salar de Uyuni on a starry night

What He Wants Most Right Now: Antique furniture and tableware ➜ Incentive [23.5]

Dislikes: Sour food

Skills Outside of Tennis: Skiing, ice-skating and other winter sports ➜ Winter sports, locating constellations [23.5]

Spends Allowance On: Things to help with his cacti

Routine During the World Cup: Drinking coffee from around the world, contacting his brother

[DATA]

Height: 167cm

Weight: 53kg

Shoe Size: 25cm

Dominant Arm: Right

Vision: 1.2 Left | 1.0 Right

Play Style: Counter Puncher

Signature Moves: Tsubame Gaeshi (Swallow Return), Higuma Otoshi (Bear Drop), Hakugei (White Whale), Kagero Zutsumi (Dragonfly Illusion), Houou Gaeshi (Phoenix Return), Kirin Otoshi (Qilin Drop), Hakuryuu (White Dragon), Gatekeeper of Hecatoncheires, Hoshi Hanabi (Starry Fireworks), Closed Eye, Aoi Fubuki (Blue Blizzard), Hikari Kaze (Radiant Gale)

Time He Wakes Up: 6:00am

Time He Goes to Sleep: 11:30pm

Number of Inui Juices Consumed: 16

Favorite Brands:

Racket: prince (TRIPLE THREAT RIP), prince (MICHAEL CHANG TITANIUM)

Shoes: Nike (NIKE READY AIR BISCAYNE MID III)

Fitness Test Results:

Sidesteps: 63

Shuttle Run: 115

Back Strength: 116kg

Grip Strength: 47kg

Backbend: 62 cm

Seated Forward Bend: 47.8cm

50m Run: 6.8 seconds

Standing Long Jump: 232cm

Handball Throw: 31.5m

Endurance Run (1500m): 4:44

Overall Rating: Speed: 3 / Power: 3 / Stamina: 3 / Mental: 4 / Technique: 5 / Total: 18

Kurobe Memo: “Evident from his beautiful play style, he is undoubtedly gifted in the sport. If he weren’t so concerned with playing aesthetically, I suspect he could go from a great player to an undeniably strong one.” [RB]

[POSSESSIONS]

What’s in His Bedroom [10.5]

Cacti // He moves them back and forth between his windowsill and shelves for sunlight

A rocking chair

Record player // He prefers it over a CD player since it’s quieter

Vinyl records // Bought from used record stores. Most of them are classic and jazz

Computer // The monitor is placed on the shelf next to his desk to conserve space. He’ll put his keyboard on his desk when he needs to use it

His favorite photos // Large printed photos he had taken on holidays and trips that are hanging on his wall

A very spacious closet // He stores his clothes, books, school uniforms and other things in it

What’s in His Bag [10.5]:

Cell phone // His family members are frequently on the go

Pass case

An English copy of The Little Prince // A book that’s dear to him, he’s read it in Japanese and is now reading the English version

Word cards // He’ll write down words he doesn’t understand in The Little Prince and look them up when he gets home

Writing supplies // Used to write down the situations, dates, times of shooting and other details when he captures photos

Compact camera

Compact mirror // He also uses it as a reflector for photos

What’s in His Locker at the U-17 Training Camp [10.5 II]:

Illustrated plant encyclopedia // Borrowed from Shiraishi

Muscle training equipment // 5kg dumbbells. He is secretly doing strength training to improve his power

Camera // Digital SLR

Interior design magazines // He’s thinking of redecorating his room once he returns from the camp

What’s in His Travel Bag:

SLR camera // He prefers taking pictures of his teammates and foreign players rather than the Australian scenery

[TRIVIA]

The Prince of Tennis 10.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 11/02/2001

He has his eyes closed most of the time to exude friendliness, but will open them when he’s being cautious or calculating. Konomi states they are usually closed whenever he’s smiling

His mother cooks a lot of Cajun and western dishes, which is why he doesn’t mind eating dubious food

He is very family-oriented and kind to his relatives. When he goes shopping with his sister they are often mistaken as lovers

Konomi wrote him to like spicy food since he wanted him to seem different and unusual

He is nicknamed “Fujiko” by Kawamura after the heroine of Lupin III since the latter is a fan of the series

On Sundays he goes to his grandfather’s photo studio on the outskirts of town to take photos

He tries keeping a smile on his face since he wants to find enjoyment in everything. Even when facing a strong opponent in a match, he thinks of how lucky he is that he’s able to go up against a great player

He and his brother Yuuta do not fight, but they do not talk to each other as often as they used to since Yuuta entered middle school

Although he notoriously likes spicy food, he likes sweets as well. He especially loves the raspberry pie his sister Yumiko makes

Despite being born on February 29th, a leap year, everyone still celebrates his birthday every year. Kikumaru once jokingly said to him “you’re only three years old!”

His personality is described as someone who’s very calculating while wearing a smile

Konomi describes him as “growing more on his own,” since at the time he was growing increasingly popular and took on a life of his own

The Prince of Tennis 20.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 12/04/2003

He is known to be very attentive and can make friends of all types

He keeps his room neat and orderly

He could not handle drinking “Aozu” in Genius 159 due to one of its key ingredients being vinegar (he dislikes sour foods)

His secondary sport would be figure skating

The Prince of Tennis 40.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 12/04/2007

He is very competitive and will usually stay calm and undaunted in any situation

He is described to be very versatile and multi-talented as well as fastidious, and has a tendency to delve deep into various things in order to feel satisfied

He is easily attracted to mysterious things

He is thought to have had strong spiritual powers by nature and has had strange occurrences happen to him

He is often misunderstood due to his mysterious nature, but he is actually very loving, compassionate and easily moved to tears

He had written a research paper on cacti the previous summer that received a lot of praise and attention, even surprising university researchers

He came up with the name “Gatekeeper of Hecatoncheires” for his technique from a book on Greece he had read when he was younger

Konomi had plans for him to transfer to Rikkai, and states he alluded it after his match with Ryoma, but ultimately decided for him to stay at Seigaku. He explains that he wanted him to transfer to grow even stronger and have a serious match against Ryoma

Konomi had originally wanted him to lose against Niou, but decided against it since he had already lost to Shiraishi

The Prince of Tennis II Official Character Guide: PairPuri Vol. 3 | Publication Date: 01/04/2010

He likes discussing plants with Shiraishi and Yukimura

The Prince of Tennis II Official Character Guide: PairPuri Vol. 6 | Publication Date: 06/03/2011

He, Tezuka and Kikumaru are shown having a chat with Yamato

The Prince of Tennis II Official Character Guide: PairPuri Vol. 8 | Publication Date: 08/04/2011

He had asked Jirou for a photo he had taken of Tezuka being annoyed

The Prince of Tennis II Official Character Guide: PairPuri Vol. 10 | Publication Date: 10/04/2011

His favorite activity is going on drives with his sister since he enjoys watching the scenery pass by

He is interested in trying ghost peppers

When asked what he plans on doing first after graduating, he replies with visiting Tezuka

He lacks confidence in his physical strength, but states he has no intention of forcing himself to build muscle

He likes relaxing with a cup of coffee when doing laundry

He wishes his younger brother would visit home more often

He is named after Fujiko Mine from Lupin III, and after the manga artist duo Fujiko Fujio since Konomi liked the sound of “Fuji”

Konomi came up with his “Triple Counters” since he wanted Fuji to appear as a genius, and that having more techniques meant the more skilled he was. “Higuma Otoshi” was inspired by an intense ballet drama Konomi had watched that had a major impact on him

Konomi tends to draw him as if his hair is flowing in the wind

Konomi has no desire to change Fuji’s appearance, but depicts him having an inner change and obsession over winning. He describes him as kind, but scary when he’s angry

One of His School Days:

6:00am - Wakes up, has breakfast (waffles and morning coffee)

6:30am - Calls Yuuta to wake him up after tending to his cacti

6:50am - Goes to school, morning practice

8:40am - 1st Period: Japanese (Kikumaru secretly passes him a note)

9:40am - Music (jazz lesson)

10:30am - Walks around the school during break time, takes photos of Tezuka without his glasses

11:00am - 3rd Period: English (short test)

12:00pm - 4th Period: Social Studies (Japanese history)

12:50pm - Lunch, develops Tezuka’s photos in the photo studio

1:20pm - 5th Period: PE (endurance run)

2:20pm - 6th Period: Long Homeroom (lesson on off-campus learning)

3:30pm - Stops by the library, borrows a mythology book from Ryoma, who’s on duty

4:00pm - Club activities, practices hitting the ball with his eyes closed

6:00pm - Stops by Kawamura’s house, asks to borrow a game

7:00pm - Returns home, has dinner

7:30pm - Has tea and homemade apple pie with his mother and sister

8:30pm - Bathes (soaks half of his body in the jacuzzi)

10:00pm - Reads while playing a record

11:30pm - Stargazes before going to bed

The Prince of Tennis II 10.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 09/04/2013

Although it is not on the training camp’s menu, he has a special full course meal of extremely spicy food prepared for him once a week

He gets along well with Yukimura and Shiraishi

The Prince of Tennis II 23.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 05/02/2018

He has been doing complex scenario training that revolves around different versions of Tezuka ever since the latter’s departure

Konomi states he may continue his and Ryoma’s match in the rain

Fuji’s eyes are open more in the new series since Konomi thinks he looks cooler with them open and that the new opponents are so strong he doesn’t have time to smile

He had gotten into tennis when his older sister’s boyfriend had taken him and Yuuta to a tennis club he was attending

The Prince of Tennis 20th Anniversary Book: Tenipuri Party | Publication Date: 08/02/2019

The photos he wants to take of Australia the most are the night sky

He likes taking photos to refresh himself at the training camp or on his days off

He has mostly taken photos of cacti since coming to Australia

He sends most of his photos to his family

He once went camping with sister and brother, during which his brother’s sandals had been washed away by the river. He and his sister went after them but were swept away by a waterfall, with their younger brother following suit. Ultimately, they all laughed it off at the bottom afterward

#tenipuri #tenirabi #profile #my post #seigaku

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otakebi-cam-wao · 2 years ago

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PUBLIC SERVICE FOR ANY IDOL OTAKU

You might like, want or need this i have for you (these first 2 images were added to caught your attention)

I was checking my digital Idol (H!P) goods database on notion

where i even have a table to see how much i've spend on it

So i decided to make a template

for every harowota (or any idol fan in general, you can just change the decoration, remove/change properties and all) who wants to keep a data

Instructions

Besides clicking the hyperlink on template, whenever you're there and logged in notion, click on duplicate; like this you'll be able to have your own page like this

I put a wish-list whenever you can write down any goods you want as well as a waiting list (the good you're waiting for)

Under that there's the "Idol collection" Database in gallery view. And as you can see, i made many views deppending on the type of good

Let's learn how to add some goods

Whatever view you are in click on "+new"

it will open this, and lets see it in every section

above "untitled" you have "add cover"; i use this to have the good's image as a file or link, and of course on "Untitled" you write the name for the good as you want to (for singles, for example, I write: "Single name" Edition)

On Type you have a variety of categories you can choose to clasify your goods

On date release you can add the release date of the good (if you enable end date, you can make a lapsus, for example to use a tour's dates), i use dd/mm/yyyy, but you can change it

For Group(s) and Idol(s) i added many, you can always add more and delete the existent ones

On other type, you can sub-categorize the goods on the type "Other"

Size was done for photos or clear files, but you could add T-shirts sizes

And lastly you can add if you have it physical (like a CD) or Digital (digital Photobook, or kindle version magazine); and also if you want to sell it, make a giveaway or you're just keeping it for a friend.

and this under that

Now the spendings (you can always delete it)

You can add items, and how much you spent, but be carefull changing the name of the propperties, because you'll need to change the formulas (for "Total USD" the "*0.0013" you'll need to change it every week maybe because it's the currency converter ratio setted up for mine)

You can change the number data currency (it says CLP or USD) while puting your mouse on the number imput and clicking the "123" like this

To share the page click on share, show share options, and there you can disable/enable whatever you want, lastly "Copy link page" and you have it ready to share to friends

Hope it works for you and you like it!

#idol otaku #wota #hello! project #wasuta #akb48 #chika idols

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mostlysignssomeportents · 2 years ago

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This day in history

Today (May 7), I’m in Berkeley at the Bay Area Book Festival for an 11AM event with Wendy Liu for my book Chokepoint Capitalism.

Weds (May 10), I’m in Vancouver for a keynote at the Open Source Summit and a book event for Red Team Blues at Heritage Hall and Thu (May 11), I’m in Calgary for Wordfest.

#20yrsago Future of Music coalition open letter on media consolidation https://web.archive.org/web/20030504023803/http://www.futureofmusic.org/news/fccmusicianletter.cfm

#20yrsago The Web makes writing better https://web.archive.org/web/20030509221227/http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,950915,00.html

#20yrsago A (dangerous) primer on hardware hacking https://hackingthexbox.com

#15yrsago House passes bill that will let the RIAA take away your home for downloading music https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4279rh/pdf/BILLS-110hr4279rh.pdf

#15yrsago Using a record-cutter to turn old CDs into 45RPM singles https://web.archive.org/web/20080502021126/http://www.futuresonic.com/08/art/cdrecycled/

#15yrsago BBC sends legal threat over fan’s Dr Who knitting patterns https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/bbc-removes-doctor-who-fans-knitting-patterns-from-the-web/

#15yrsago Band “shoots” video by sending Data Protection Act requests to CCTVs that caught them performing https://web.archive.org/web/20080510192510/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/1938076/The-Get-Out-Clause%2C-Manchester's-stars-of-CCTV-cameras.html

#15yrsago RIAA says DRM is coming back — in the future, you won’t own music https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/05/if-music-drm-is-dead-the-riaa-expects-its-resurrection/

#15yrsago UK blacklist of “suspicious” store clerks includes people never charged or convicted https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7389547.stm

#15yrsago HOWTO detect hidden video cameras https://www.instructables.com/How-to-locate-pinhole-cameras

#10yrsago Hedge fund managers suck at making money (for you) https://www.cnbc.com/id/100718881

#10yrsago HOWTO build a working digital computer out of paperclips (and stuff) https://memex.craphound.com/2013/05/08/howto-build-a-working-digital-computer-out-of-paperclips-and-stuff/

#10yrsago Disney files trademark application for “Dia de Los Muertos” https://web.archive.org/web/20130508212616/http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-dia-de-los-muertos-trademark-62484/

#10yrsago Faced with excommunication threat, Irish PM explains separation of church and state to Cardinal https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politicians-have-responsibility-to-legislate-on-abortion-issue-1.1383262

#5yrsago Georgia’s governor has vetoed SB 315, the state’s catastrophically stupid cybersecurity law https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/victory-georgia-governor-vetoes-short-sighted-computer-crime-law

#5yrsago Equifax finally publishes a tally of what got breached when it left 146.6 million credit files unsecured https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/equifax-breach-exposed-millions-of-drivers-licenses-phone-numbers-emails/

#5yrsago Over 55,000 security camera DVRs are vulnerable to an exploit so simple it fits in a tweet https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-hacking-tool-lets-users-access-a-bunch-of-dvrs-and-their-video-feeds/

#5yrsago Jeff Sessions tells border guards to separate children from their parents https://www.alternet.org/2018/05/jeff-sessions-says-border-agents-will-separate-undocumented-kids-their-families

#5yrsago An upcoming Supreme Court ruling could force all workers into forced arbitration, deprived of the right to class lawsuits https://www.epi.org/blog/the-supreme-court-is-poised-to-make-forced-arbitration-nearly-inescapable/

#5yrsago Welsh police deployed facial recognition tech with a 92% false positive rate, but they’re sure it’s fine https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/uk-police-say-92-percent-false-positive-facial-recognition-is-no-big-deal/

#5yrsago Should I use an algorithm here? EFF’s 5-point checklist https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/math-cant-solve-everything-questions-we-need-be-asking-deciding-algorithm-answer

#5yrsago Google announces ad-ban for sleazy bail-bonds companies https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/first-google-banned-payday-loan-ads-now-it-will-ban-bail-bond-ads/

#5yrsago AT&T to the Supreme Court: “Fuck the FTC” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/att-will-ask-supreme-court-to-cripple-the-ftcs-authority-over-broadband/

#5yrsago Here’s why everyone in the world just emailed you a new privacy policy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/why-am-i-getting-all-these-terms-service-update-emails

Catch me on tour with Red Team Blues in Berkeley, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, DC, Gaithersburg, Oxford, Hay, Manchester, Nottingham, London, and Berlin!

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claire-starsword · 2 years ago

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Shining Force Translations/Loreposting masterpost

About time I tried to organize all the rambling i do here.

Update: also organizing things even better on a website on Neocities, it’s still a work in progress but I hope to one day just replace this entire mess of links with it.

For now though, the mess of links below is the best we’ve got.

Shining Force:

partial translation of character bios from the Shining Force Encyclopedia (original scans here)

translations of the Shining Force Kouryaku no Tebiki Book (original scans here), starting from the character bios, then getting to Max’s diary, the epilogue interview with Nova, and the Country Guide.

translations of the Shining Force World Book (original scans here)

partial translations of the Shining Force Data Collection from Beep Megadrive magazine

Write up on the japanese pre release coverage of the game, including plenty of changed/removed content

Write up on unused content in the game seen through a ROM editor.

Some further investigation on unused content visible with walk through wall cheats: Khris’ scandalous secret line, unused NPCs in Alterone, and weirdness in chapter 7 and the debug mode (note: i have since then sadly confirmed that lines related to the unused event in Metapha are sadly removed in the JP version as well).

The unused content info is also summarized on TCRF as well.

that one post where i ramble a lot about the ending, including the japanese/english differences

All HQ quotes in the japanese and english versions

All special quotes from the ship HQ of Chapter 5, japanese and english versions

Bloodline of the Sacred Dragons novel translation [ongoing]

Shining Force CD/Gaiden 1 & 2:

Discussion and retranslation of the initial characters’ introduction scene

Sadposting about Hindel plus a small correction to the localization

tfw you don’t have money for treatment in Book 3

Hanzou’s bio from the Guide Book

Natasha is Nick’s cousin according to the SFCD manual

Origin of Apis’ name

Final Conflict:

Translation of all HQ quotes. From what I’ve seen these were mistranslated in the fan translation patch.

Sprite rips and comparisons between the original graphics and the sprites from Shining Force Chronicles 3, the lost mobile version of the game.

Darksol concept art

A few scenes from the start

Me crying about the ending

Unused spell indexes

The Natadecoco/Yogurt lore...

Not mine but worth linking here: the only footage of Shining Force Chronicles 3 I’ve ever found.

Shining Force 2:

All HQ quotes in the japanese and english versions, plus some related stuff from a guide book

Translation of the encyclopedia. You gotta put up with some rambling at the start because i didn’t put that in a different tag my bad.

Manual translations (The prologue and character bios). Also includes a retranslation of the lore dump of Tristan and discussion of the names changed by localization.

Write up of the japanese pre release coverage of the game, including plenty of early build screenshots. The post is currently broken and cannot be edited, but unlike what it says I won’t be making a second part, there are only a few screenshots missing and I’ll put them on TCRF later and link it here.

Bloodline of the Sacred Dragons novel translation [ongoing] (listed it twice in the post since it takes place between SF1 and SF2 with plenty of characters and elements from both)

Sadposting about Hawel

Observation about the Granseal escape sequence that haunts me

Ramblings and love for Zynk

Oddeye’s concept art/beta design

My gameplay of the japanese version. I didn’t make an specific tag for it so you gotta scroll past a few english posts first, my bad. Also I stopped the playthrough at Red Baron. Overall take translations in this one with a grain of salt because it’s messy and old.

Japanese and english versions of the conflict with Oddeye

Me trying and failing to understand the lore dump at Hassan

Fairly important cut line from Zynk

Shining Force GBA:

The english version’s odd obsession with giving relatives to people

HQ dialogue

English Nova forgets Anri exists

Shining Wisdom:

Guide Book translations

Interview snippet from before the game’s launch that says Final Conflict characters were meant to have a cameo appearance there

Shining in the Darkness:

JP manual and intro translation, plus a mention of Dark Dragon in a magazine

Shining Soul 2

Translation of the prologue and bios of the playable characters from the guide book and official website

Translation of bios of the town NPCs

Translation of bios of the boss characters

Masterpost about the lost mobile games

The general tag for discussing localization stuff

My playthroughs. Note that back at some of those playthroughs I hadn’t yet dived into guides and lore and stuff so they might have mistakes and stuff, I’m not linking them as a source of info, just as a source of fun:

Shining Force

Shining Force CD

Final Conflict

Shining Force 2

Shining Force GBA

Shining Soul

Shining Soul 2, mostly with a Slade sprite hack

Shining Wisdom

Landstalker

#shining series #shining force #shining force cd #shining force 2 #shining force final conflict #shining force masterpost #about damn time #shining soul #shining soul 2 #god it's so sad how sf2 is mostly my thoughts and zero actual info #i checked three strategy guides and none of them have anything interesting #obviously desktop kingdom people at least have things in the novel but... haha #shining in the darkness #landstalker

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noisetwister · 1 year ago

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this is my current bsd collection with (almost) every piece of media from bsd LOL, a little bit of backstory:

i have a thing for data collecting (I'm a data hoarder hiding as a data preservationist basically 😭), and l frequently have like.. episodes? where i become convinced that [insert media here] will be erased forever and i have to have it physically to know it existed, usually at night and just with things I'm into. it struck bsd last night so i barely slept because i was collecting it all lmao. my hard drive #struggles everyday but i don't like to delete anything because yk, hoarding

almost all of this goes thanks to bsd-bibliophile's website, and i usually share anything I've collected amongst friends (but never the light novels where the translator asks you don't distribute, obviously).

While a lot of it attaches to me having to have media physically that is already widely distributed online, i also love collecting underground media on promotional DVDs, certain game editions and CDs etc (an example of this is my youtube @hatsuneuploads where i uploaded all of a special edition of the DTM magazine for the release of rin and len - a previously (presumably) not on the internet interview with some voice providers and a cubase official was uploaded by me which i was super happy to have done!! i also uploaded the DVD so anybody willing to find out what some of the songs are (over 50)/translate the interviews that would be very cool!)

irritatingly, a lot of the uploads for the light novels and most of the manga were in pdf format, when for light novels epub is the most widely accepted format (some were uploaded in epub which i am working on finding and downloading) and manga i much prefer cbz files (i might look into converting them).

I am also into book binding, so it is definitely on the table for me to book bind some of the light novels (but i kind of find issue with it personally when i can support the official English physical releases, so i might just book bind the way i like AFTER i have the money to purchase the official books)

also to note i would absolutely die for the manga set but i don't have the money rn 😭😭😭😭 its ok tho i will one day LOL

anyway its not much but i just like to talk about these things a lot cuz its interesting yk!!! and i'm such a bad fiend right now, I've been hooked on it since 2019 and it kind of comes and goes in waves lmao

#ranting #bsd #just me talking about data preservation and things #its so important like do you know how much lost media becomes lost again because it was taken off youtube? just outrageous when that could #have been fixed if someone had simply downloaded it..#(im insane)#ok thanks for reading its just be being funnnyyy

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y2klostandfound · 1 year ago

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Hot New Releases - Wipeout 3 on Game Players Vol.121(Video game magazine)(Hong Kong)(26/02/2000)

Translation in English:

Playstation 1

Manufacturer: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT Price: 5800 Yen Memory: at least 1 BLOCK Release date: on sale Capacity: CD-ROM 1-2 Players / Compatible with DUALSHOCK/Compatible with NEGCON

The fastest race in human history

The original future racing game "WIPE OUT" has been released for three episodes, The graphics and fluency of the game are definitely not inferior to other PS racing games. Maybe because the background of the story is the future, some functions can be saved. As for the quality of the game itself is not bad, and you can use weapons to attack opponents, readers who like this kind of future racing may wish to play.

Operation method (for hand button)

As this game is not a normal racing car, so the operation is a little different from the normal racing car (in fact, just use a few more buttons), and now will introduce its operation method:

← Turn left → Turn right ↑ Up ↓ Down □ Use Weapons △ Change the viewpoint X speed up O Give up weapons L1 Rear Viewpoint R1 HYPERTHRUST L2 LEFT AIRBRAKE R2 RIGHT AIRBRAKE

Game play and Tips

The gameplay is basically not much different from that of regular racing, but the game has weapons, energy (that is HP) and HYPERTHRUST, which are relatively rare (or almost non-existent) in regular racing games, so there are obviously more things to pay attention to. The way to get weapons is to drive through the floor of those special colors, if the floor is purple, the weapons obtained are used for attack (such as MINES, ROCKETS, etc.), yellow is the auxiliary system (such as HP absorption, automatic control, shields, etc.), the appearance is random, so if you are not satisfied, you can press 〇 to give it up and take it again (you can also press the button to release it in use). As for blue, you won't get any weapons, but it will increase the speed of the car (for a short time), and you can move at high speed for a short time with HYPERTHRUST. HYPERTHRUST is a HP-consuming acceleration method, so do not use it recklessly, or the car will be easily crashed.

Weapons List

AUTO-PILOT: It can be operated automatically within a certain period of time after starting, and can be used to handle troublesome corners.

FORCE WALL: Creates a force field that resists magnetic enemies on the track, which can be destroyed.

CLOAK: It will not be LOCK-ON by enemy vehicles within a certain period of time after starting.

ROCKET: A missile fired forward.

GRAVITY SHIELD: It will not take damage for a certain period of time after activation.

MULTI-MISSLES Shoots guided missiles that can be LOCK-ON.

REFLECTOR: It can reflect the attack of enemy vehicles for a certain period of time.

QUAKE DISRUPTOR: The track shakes, but the car in front is injured, and the destructible objects can be destroyed at the same time.

ENERGY DRAIN: Absorb energy from nearby enemy vehicles.

PLASMA BOLT: Hitting an enemy vehicle immediately destroys it, and destructible objects can be destroyed at the same time.

MINES: Releases floating mines behind the car, which can be destroyed.

Basic game mode introduction

SINGLE RACE Players compete with other cars on the track. The number of enemy cars can be freely adjusted in the OPTION (optional). If the CHECKPOINT is not reached within the time limit, it will be GAME OVER. If the energy is insufficient, it can be replenished at the PIT.

TIME TRIAL There is only one opponent in this mode, and no weapons will appear at the same time, but it is the same as SINGLE MODE and reach CHECKPOINT within the time limit. Like similar games, this mode has a "ghost car", but the conditions for it to appear are other than completing this mode , but also use 2 BLOCK to record data.

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And if you didn't know this ahead of time and didn't bring a book because you were planning to download an ebook once you got some wifi?

I'm not saying we're entitled to free wifi everywhere. Not at all. But being sanctimonious and patronizing about not providing it? Especially in a coffee shop? Kind of gross.

Before smartphones, I always had a book in my bag. Always. Because I would have been so uncomfortable in a public place without reading material and/or having my tape or cd player with headphones.

I'm quite happy to have my books and music/white noise inside the tiny package of my phone, and I do try to always have something downloaded for offline use in case I need it.

People act like before smartphones everyone was cheerfully chatting with strangers in public places. I was there, Gandalf, I assure you they were not.

There were newspapers and magazines EVERYWHERE so that people didn't have to sit and stare uncomfortably at strangers in lines, waiting rooms, trains, etc.

Every flat surface in public spaces was covered with "ignore other people" materials.

My laundromat still has a shelf of books (including for kids) and magazines. Because ain't nobody gonna talk to people in the laundromat. Even if their phone died and they don't have a charger.

Human beings just don't have the energy to be social constantly in public. And with so much of our lives spent in public whether we want it or not, we have to be able to create private bubbles for ourselves within the public spaces. That's what phones and headphones and books and magazines and TVs in doctors offices and fish tanks in dentist offices are for.

And do you know who are most actually adversely affected by lack of free wifi?

Folks who don't have internet at home (unhoused folks, poor folks, rural folks)

Folks who don't have mobile data plans, or have limited data (children, poor folks, folks who use pay as you go phones - often poor, unhoused, or other difficult living situations)

Folks who have financial security/independence can use their cellular data, either on their phone or as a hotspot for a computer. They probably didn't even notice there's no wifi, or it's just a slight inconvenience. They can still crank up that laptop and do whatever they want.

It's just the folks who can't do that who are affected by this stingy business and their petty sign.

They act like I’m really not about to walk over to Starbucks lmfao

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What is USPS Media Mail?

Media Mail is a service provided by USPS that allows for the affordable shipping of educational and media-related items. This service is often used by students, teachers, and sellers to ship books, music, and digital media across the country at a lower cost than standard shipping options. However, due to its reduced cost, USPS enforces strict regulations on what qualifies for Media Mail.

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Books (at least 8 pages long)

Sound recordings and video recordings, such as CDs and DVDs

Printed educational charts

Printed music and scripts

Play scripts and manuscripts for books, periodicals, and music

Educational reference materials, such as standardized tests and their manuals

Computer-readable media (like CDs containing educational data)

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Magazines with advertisements

Newspapers

Catalogs and promotional brochures

Merchandise (such as toys, clothing, and electronics)

Personal letters or documents not related to the permitted media items

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Magazines or Comic Books with Advertisements: While printed materials like magazines and comic books might seem eligible, if they contain advertisements, they do not qualify for Media Mail.

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Verify Contents Before sending your package, double-check its contents to ensure only permitted items are included. If you’re unsure whether an item qualifies, consult USPS guidelines or speak with a postal worker for clarification.

Separate Non-Specified Items If you need to send non-specified items, consider shipping them separately using another service, such as USPS Priority Mail or First-Class Mail. This way, you can avoid complications and delays.

Properly Package Media Mail Make sure to package your Media Mail items securely. USPS may open and inspect packages, so it’s best to ensure everything is neatly organized and easily identifiable as permitted items.

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If your Media Mail package is flagged for inspection, USPS will notify you. You may be asked to pick up the package and pay additional fees or have the option to remove the non-specified items and proceed with compliant shipping. It is important to respond promptly to avoid further delays.

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If you need to ship a mix of items that include both specified and non-specified products, consider other USPS services:

Priority Mail: This service is faster and allows for a wider range of items. Packages are also insured, providing peace of mind.

First-Class Mail: Suitable for smaller packages, such as letters and parcels weighing under 13 ounces. It’s quicker than Media Mail and more flexible in terms of what you can send.

Parcel Select Ground: For heavier packages, this service can be a more affordable option than Priority Mail and allows for a broader range of items compared to Media Mail.

Conclusion

USPS Media Mail is an excellent service for shipping educational materials at a lower cost, but it comes with specific rules that must be followed. Including non-specified items in your USPS Media Mail Rates package can lead to inspections, delays, additional fees, and even legal consequences. To avoid these issues, ensure that you fully understand what qualifies as Media Mail and always check your packages before sending them. When in doubt, choose an alternative shipping service to avoid complications.

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ms-demeanor · 1 year ago

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Me, looking at my spouse who started shooting at 12 and was in shooting competitions for a long time, who was an olympic qualified distance shooter, who started hand-casting bullets in his driveway in his early 20s and who then wrote and published a math paper on calculating the volume of bullet shapes without doing derivatives (because he hates derivatives? IDK i don't understand calculus) who started working at a bullet factory in his thirties then started doing ballistics data analysis and developing an automated loader, who did materials testing and development and ballistics testing for a brand of lead free bullets and whose entire job is ballistics, who has a collection of "fun bullets" on his shelf (stuff like howitzer shells) and who has repeatedly said "I don't even really care about guns so much I just really like bullets," who sheds bullets around my house like some women shed bobby pins.

Me, looking at my me, who started working on my high school yearbook at fifteen then worked at a yearbook camp then worked at my college newspaper then worked at my college magazine then was on the board for the state community college journalism foundation then got a job doing layout design at a local paper then started doing print layout work for the local hacker scene then started a literary magazine so I would have something to design then started designing letterhead for fictional companies for fun who literally only doesn't do print layout work anymore because the industry is basically dying, who had a collection of magazines to use as design reference that weighed more than i do and who has a CD with something like 4000 fonts that I keep in the same fire-safe storage bag as the cd with my wedding photos.

*whispers* oh no

I'm certain that if pressed my father, who owns 2k+ laserdiscs, 8 laserdisc players, 5k+ DVDs, who runs a blog where he makes near daily posts about movies and hosts a movie podcast, and who saw Spectre in theaters 27 times because Regal Cinemas offered an unlimited viewing card for fifty dollars, would insist that he is a Fully Normal Adult Man with no divergence, neuro or otherwise. After all what is not normal about doing a job where you have the same daily routine, down to recording the second half of your favorite morning talk show every day so you can listen to it on your commute home and drinking 4 liters daily of the only beverage that tastes good to you that you bring in a cooler that you carry to every one of your classrooms every day, except for in the summer, when you teach summer school and wear a different hawaiian shirt every day because you like them better than every other kind of shirt and have collected enough not to repeat for an entire eight weeks but feel that they break dress code for the rest of the year.

We went on a month-long road trip once and he got thirty tapes and recorded a month's worth of the talk show without listening to the second half so he'd have something to listen to when he was driving each morning on the trip.

He has absolutely no idea why his kids (one of whom was diagnosed as autistic in the 80s and the other was diagnosed with ADHD in their thirties) are so weird or how they got that way.

C'mon, Pops. I learned it from watching you.

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