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I can't believe I wasn't aware of this. Finally, we have a reliable, physical, gold-back currency that even works with small transactions.

Now we just need to get small businesses to accept them.

https://www.goldback.com/

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nostr:npub18c4spuvnddmzrhaqx9jzny8ur0gzakgugkq0jdzt4wql568e95mss3syv6 People still use Quake engines. ioquake3 is a modified Quake III engine that is used in a lot of open-source games. And modified versions of the Quake III engine are still used in the Call of Duty series.

https://ioquake3.org/

Though, I don't know how it would work out for something like Godot. People only modified engines like Quake out of necessity. Something like Godot is more general purpose while the Quake engines were designed more for first-person shooters. Though engines like Quake can be configured to have a third-person camera without modifications (either through scripting or a configuration file), they were still developed with FPS games in mind. I don't know that many games using a modified version of Godot. It seems like it suits every purpose.

Also, not that many people open source their engines anymore. iD stopped open-sourcing their engines (including their legacy engines) after being bought out by Bethesda. Valve and Epic Games never open-sourced any of their engines. Instead, everyone is going for the "source-available" model where you can obtain access to the source code with certain license restrictions, if you pay premium.

nostr:npub18c4spuvnddmzrhaqx9jzny8ur0gzakgugkq0jdzt4wql568e95mss3syv6 But for 2D games, I really don't see the need to use an existing engine, unless you are really bad a programming. Just use a framework like SDL, SFML, Pygame, MonoGame, or Love2D.

nostr:npub18c4spuvnddmzrhaqx9jzny8ur0gzakgugkq0jdzt4wql568e95mss3syv6 People still use Quake engines. ioquake3 is a modified Quake III engine that is used in a lot of open-source games. And modified versions of the Quake III engine are still used in the Call of Duty series.

https://ioquake3.org/

Though, I don't know how it would work out for something like Godot. People only modified engines like Quake out of necessity. Something like Godot is more general purpose while the Quake engines were designed more for first-person shooters. Though engines like Quake can be configured to have a third-person camera without modifications (either through scripting or a configuration file), they were still developed with FPS games in mind. I don't know that many games using a modified version of Godot. It seems like it suits every purpose.

Also, not that many people open source their engines anymore. iD stopped open-sourcing their engines (including their legacy engines) after being bought out by Bethesda. Valve and Epic Games never open-sourced any of their engines. Instead, everyone is going for the "source-available" model where you can obtain access to the source code with certain license restrictions, if you pay premium.

I have a good feeling that this is fake. They are using the cliche "grey alien", and the thing looks like it's made out of paper-mache. They claim to have done a DNA test on it and 30% of it is unknown, disregarding the fact that life out there might not even use DNA let alone have 70% of their DNA the same as life on Earth.

The worst part is that anyone who can see through this psyop is going to be lumped in with flat-earthers.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230913211829/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/13/mexico-alien-x-ray-claims/70843076007/

nostr:npub1ysufjjd485tftr4wy2a83fqyqvtfq0yn820gl8vl6hcsdz8uv2hskx2jyl For every six units of carotene, one unit of retinol is produced, and that assumes you have enough bile salts in your gall bladder along with the digestive enzymes to convert it. You need to be in perfect condition (little to no stress, no digestion issues, not eating any processed foods, good amount of sleep, etc) to rely solely on plants for Vitamin A.

A medium sized carrot usually has around 500 micrograms of Vitamin A (carotene) which under perfect conditions would be converted to 83.3 micrograms of retinol. A glass of whole milk contains 112 micrograms of retinol. That may not seem that much more, but again, we are assuming perfect conditions.

https://www.quora.com/How-much-vitamin-A-is-in-a-100g-carrot (apologies for the Quora link)

https://www.weekand.com/healthy-living/article/much-vitamin-milk-18017900.php

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Because an eco-fascist would outright say they believe people must be murdered to protect the environment, whereas this person would like you to believe that it will happen "voluntarily" or only to bad people. The tragic thing is that even a purely voluntary way out would end up an overt attack on the poor and sick.

...I wonder how much these depop-proponents overlap certain "medical" industries.

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nostr:npub1z06laf0rhhwzd7h0y303hfp6e7r29e8p6vyl2yr7nv5uefdgtcfslny3q9 nostr:npub1m4wtplkvacnv5yrddala7krv7yqq3gl6zzql7aus0s9tej5q6rhsucn6au (Sorry I'm late to this convo lol)

I like this, it fits with my prediction/observation that high tech - especially ai - will dissolve centralized civilization as we know it. We'll probably be left to choose between techno-feudal smart cities w/ digital id (because how else will we know if you're a real human?) and more rustic libertarian small towns/vilages (w/ a few small free cities here and there) powered by self-sustaining high tech (3d-printers, exotic alt-tech, etc.) and irl interpersonal relationships.

In other words, technology will force us to return to tradition, so to speak.

nostr:npub1yuw48yr8dmftpspfxd2xeccz8jtqlmwkwtjxdjw40vescelr6wdqj28dz7 nostr:npub1m4wtplkvacnv5yrddala7krv7yqq3gl6zzql7aus0s9tej5q6rhsucn6au Honestly I feel like that's why so many governments are pushing licenses for AI. It does have the potential to create more self-employment opportunities but the big corporations obviously don't want that.

Though Mario Kart DS worked fine. Super Mario 64 DS was the one that hanged. The game requires you to touch the touch screen to start, so I had to quit, but exiting froze the thing. Hard resetting corrupted the OS.

This may not be a problem on other operating systems like JelOS.

I wonder if anyone has ever made a multiplayer video game that is played over packet radio. It would probably be something really simple like a turned based strategy game, but it would be an interesting project nonetheless.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_radio

nostr:npub1ecj3mfr9lzvx7wh6fmh59vz6eet324mdtdlp9qxzqvwuvpglwnxqv6fchy nostr:npub1rjht784gdu2rah59343hft44lpn0n5q6nnd0ga9e9xwtdw0jn3tq5zuefa Feena can't be his waifu because she turned out to be a Goddess all along. The original Ys IV for the Turbo CD implied that he ended up with Lilia but that became non-cannon after Falcom made their own Ys IV.