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Chainclaw posted:My virtual boy is currently in the shop right now getting a video out mod installed. I also just got a flash cart for it finally. you need to get this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt7XGx7eu5w
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None of the games on the Virtualboy ever got remade for other consoles, right? That's a shame, I heard that the Warioland game on it was fun, and I've always been kind of curious about the Jack Bros game.
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Jun 19, 2023 14:08
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Randalor posted:None of the games on the Virtualboy ever got remade for other consoles, right? That's a shame, I heard that the Warioland game on it was fun, and I've always been kind of curious about the Jack Bros game. Panic Bomber was a port, and is on other systems at least. The other 13 US virtual boy games are mostly trapped there. There is a Mario Clash microgame in one of the WarioWare games
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Jun 19, 2023 14:13
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Chainclaw posted:Panic Bomber was a port, and is on other systems at least. The other 13 US virtual boy games are mostly trapped there. Yeah, but Panic Bomber was ported to the system, not from the system, so I'm not sure if that counts. Also, today I learned there was a Bomberman puzzle game where the solution is STILL "Use Bomb on everything".
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Jun 19, 2023 14:24
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Randalor posted:Yeah, but Panic Bomber was ported to the system, not from the system, so I'm not sure if that counts. Also, today I learned there was a Bomberman puzzle game where the solution is STILL "Use Bomb on everything". When all you have is a hammer...
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Jun 19, 2023 14:50
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^^ right! ^^Randalor posted:Yeah, but Panic Bomber was ported to the system, not from the system, so I'm not sure if that counts. Also, today I learned there was a Bomberman puzzle game where the solution is STILL "Use Bomb on everything". I mean, he'd be fairly ill-equipped if the solution was "make a terrific omelet" or something. It's in his name, he only has one job.
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Jun 19, 2023 14:52
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Hey, I'm not complaining. Usually when they have a puzzle spinoff it's
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Jun 19, 2023 14:57
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George RR Fartin posted:^^ right! ^^ Nonsense. Put small bomb near eggs, break eggs with explosion, empty eggs into container. Put small bomb near meat and vegetables, collect meat and vegetable shrapnel, add to container. Find a solid piece of metal, put it on the opposite side of a pile of rocks from big bomb, big bomb heats metal. Empty container onto hot metal. Eat omelette when cooked to pleasing temperature.
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Jun 19, 2023 15:29
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Alternatively just set off a bomb next to a chicken, a pig, and some potatoes and call it breakfast hash.
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Jun 19, 2023 15:30
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Arivia posted:Alternatively just set off a bomb next to a chicken, a pig, and some potatoes and call it breakfast hash. An easter egg hunt where you're finding the various parts of the chicken as well as the egg and a good portion of the ground underneath both.
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Jun 19, 2023 15:43
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Randalor posted:None of the games on the Virtualboy ever got remade for other consoles, right? That's a shame, I heard that the Warioland game on it was fun, and I've always been kind of curious about the Jack Bros game. You'd think they could have put them on the 3ds
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Jun 19, 2023 16:56
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George RR Fartin posted:An easter egg hunt where you're finding the various parts of the chicken as well as the egg and a good portion of the ground underneath both. Extra minerals, it’s fortified for a complete breakfast!
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Jun 19, 2023 23:09
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The VB Panic Bomber, if the VB ever got the official link cable and it supported it, would have been imo the very best version of the game. Seriously it's really good, it's just got so much depth to it. It's a really fun puzzle game just generally too
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Jun 20, 2023 07:13
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Chainclaw posted:My virtual boy is currently in the shop right now getting a video out mod installed. I also just got a flash cart for it finally. One day I will think about procrastinating about starting to finish my Metal Slug VB port.
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Jun 20, 2023 07:54
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For a disturbing moment I imagined that you intend to port the old arcade game entirely in Visual Basic and nearly lost my breakfast.
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Jun 20, 2023 08:21
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Truly, a project we can all appreciate.
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Jun 20, 2023 11:32
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I mean I'd have mad respect for such an accomplishment it's just the thought of using that sad excuse for a programming language for anything more complicated than a 'hello world' fills me with revoltion.
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Jun 20, 2023 11:38
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BrainDance posted:The VB Panic Bomber, if the VB ever got the official link cable and it supported it, would have been imo the very best version of the game. Panic Bomber and the Wario game were both excellent titles that used some of the capabilities of the system. Red Alert was so close to being great, but I think it was just too much for the VB to handle. Teleroboxer was a lot of fun, if you like Punch-Out!
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By popular demand posted:I mean I'd have mad respect for such an accomplishment it's just the thought of using that sad excuse for a programming language for anything more complicated than a 'hello world' fills me with revoltion. Well to be honest, at least with Visual Basic I have more colours to work with and I can probably rip the sprites directly instead of thinking of a palette of 3 shades and black.
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Jun 20, 2023 13:20
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By popular demand posted:I mean I'd have mad respect for such an accomplishment it's just the thought of using that sad excuse for a programming language for anything more complicated than a 'hello world' fills me with revoltion. VB is a load-bearing application for a good chunk of Fortune 500. Still revolting though, that's true.
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Jun 20, 2023 13:33
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Trabant posted:VB is a load-bearing application for a good chunk of Fortune 500. lol you think thats good, ive worked for two very large companies now whose backend database was Microsoft Access, and not a new version either
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Jun 20, 2023 20:21
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Code Jockey posted:lol you think thats good, ive worked for two very large companies now whose backend database was Microsoft Access, and not a new version either I legit can’t believe this is still true… access was awesome back in the day but ffs… I used to do consulting gigs in the 2000’s moving people off of Access and into SQL server. Access has so many limitations now that are manufactured in to get you onto sql server, I don’t see how it’s possible Vvvvvvvvvvv e: good point, and I get it… I work for a Fortune 500 and still occasionally use VB in the form of VBA in excel for traders sheets namlosh has a new favorite as of 22:36 on Jun 20, 2023 |
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Jun 20, 2023 22:12
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Never underestimate the inertia of a fortune 500 pound gorilla
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Jun 20, 2023 22:20
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I had to use access in some college class and it was absolute hell and I can't imagine a business building around it
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Jun 20, 2023 22:46
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holefoods posted:I had to use access in some college class and it was absolute hell and I can't imagine a business building around it I think nobody means to build a business like that. It just happened to be a temporary solution implemented back in 199x, but there's nothing quite as permanent as a temporary solution that works well enough.
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Jun 20, 2023 22:57
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Trabant posted:there's nothing quite as permanent as a temporary solution that works well enough. I think a temporary solution implemented by a fired employee comes close though
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Waste of Breath posted:Never underestimate the inertia of a fortune 500 pound gorilla Your phrasing reminded me that years ago for a laugh I spent an afternoon web searching the phrase "pound gorilla" and then created an Excel chart showing inflation in metaphorical gorilla weight over time. I think the one that triggered it for me was someone using the phrase "like a thousand pound gorilla." I like the idea of a Fortune 500 pound gorilla though.
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Dick Trauma posted:Your phrasing reminded me that years ago for a laugh I spent an afternoon web searching the phrase "pound gorilla" and then created an Excel chart showing inflation in metaphorical gorilla weight over time. I think the one that triggered it for me was someone using the phrase "like a thousand pound gorilla." Are you OK? There is help out there.
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Jun 21, 2023 00:11
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I would probably have to wait in line behind a 500 pound gorilla. 
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Dick Trauma posted:I would probably have to wait in line behind a 500 pound gorilla. Gorillas have tiny dicks surely the ER would triage you ahead of one.
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Our internal work order system was running on AS/400 emulators up until I want to say 2020 or so. This is at one of the largest manufacturers in the world for our product category.
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Dick Trauma posted:Your phrasing reminded me that years ago for a laugh I spent an afternoon web searching the phrase "pound gorilla" and then created an Excel chart showing inflation in metaphorical gorilla weight over time. I think the one that triggered it for me was someone using the phrase "like a thousand pound gorilla." "Pound gorilla" was my nickname in high school.
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Phanatic posted:"Pound gorilla" was my nickname in high school. Noun or Verb?
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Never do it in the violent meaning of the word and I recommend against the more romantic meaning. they'd break your heart.
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I work at a large life insurance company, and there is still a LARGE amount of work being done in old-school Mainframe. I THINK all of the back end is now just emulated? I'm not sure, I'm not involved with anything on that team. (the front end obviously is, we use Reflections by Micro Focus, used to use Attachmate up until about two year ago.) According to the settings in Reflections, it's an IBM 3278-style mainframe database, if that means anything. But we also still have a lot of data inside not just Access DBs...but 32-bit Access DBs. It's a massive PITA because we have to keep a small subset of users still on 32-bit office in their VMs to access that data until it's finally all migrated off.
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Jun 22, 2023 15:05
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I heard that Insta Pot went bankrupt which means I need a new approach for my BEAN HOLE. https://twitter.com/jeeyonshim/status/1671687077875036161?s=20
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Jun 22, 2023 21:31
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Is that a salt pile and a pork pile, or is it two salt pork piles.
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Cojawfee posted:Is that a salt pile and a pork pile, or is it two salt pork piles. Should be several salt pork piles, at least judging from the townsends video about it.
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Dick Trauma posted:I heard that Insta Pot went bankrupt which means I need a new approach for my BEAN HOLE. How the gently caress? I feel like all everyone talked about for a while was how great their insta pot was
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Unperson_47 posted:How the gently caress? I feel like all everyone talked about for a while was how great their insta pot was VC bought it and since they need infinite growth started trying to branch out from the one thing anyone knew instant pot for (a pressure cooker) and burned through all the money, not a small amount of which went back to the VC folk. It’s a giant grift.
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