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Calicosine

@drewnaylor.bsky.social

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I make videos sometimes, posts other times, and software yet other times. Supports BIPOC rights (& Black Lives Matter), LGBT+ (include the T) rights, disability rights, etc. Mainly here to read stuff not available on ActivityPub services.

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · Aug 16

By the way, this is my Mastodon account if I get banned from Bluesky:

mastodon.online/@DrewNaylor

Calicosine (@[email protected])

14.9K Posts, 24 Following, 175 Followers · I make videos sometimes, posts other times, and software yet other times. Supports BIPOC rights (& Black Lives Matter), LGBT+ (include the T) rights, disabil...

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 7h

The segment was like a "getting stuff that was missed in areas" and I was watching it in an Okami video.

Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 7h

Just had a dream that Chuggaaconroy had an old segment in the LPs called "Clair for Collectables", where Clair means clairvoyance and Claire from Proton Jon a few years before she came out said "funny you call a segment that", and he said "why?" and she said "no reason".

Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 7h

There's a merge request on the KDE GitLab to turn off the contrast thing by default and add a hidden setting to use it:

invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/...

plugins/blur: Disable background contrast effect (!8311) · Merge requests · Plasma / KWin · GitLab

The background contrast effect was introduced to improve readability with translucent surfaces. However, after changing the algorithm of the blur effect and also tweaking its defaults, the effect...

invent.kde.org

Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 13h

As it turns out, weird-looking blur in Plasma 6.5 is a bug:

bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi...

Found out about it from here:

discuss.kde.org/t/blur-effec...

bugs.kde.org

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 1d

In a 1996 interview about Super Mario 64, Shigeru Miyamoto said he really wanted to make Mario throw MIPS the Rabbit by his ears, and would have done it if the team had just one more month.

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Chuggaaconroy @chuggaaconroy.bsky.social · 1d

It seems my comment on The Game Theorists video got flagged as spam, so here you go. This is what I would add to the video!

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it's a fallback SVG or property in 6.5, or I need to set a color?
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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

2. I need to have a way to mess around with it in a state where it works and doesn't have a grey background. Did find out that the OpaqueDiamond theme has a dark background when I tried it last night, so maybe I can figure stuff out from there.
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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I think I will need to get a KDE 4 VM installed to do testing to see how Diamond originally looked, because I want to modify Diamond4on6 to both 1. use the version from my backup (2.0.3, meaning the repo version will be rebased [this is because 2.0.3 works better]) and...
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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I like how Goofy got so comfortable about talking about their mission that he just outright said they're looking for the Keyhole and didn't stop himself.

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Super @superfromnd.bsky.social · 2d

as far as i know this is the only footage of any SNES anything using mode 6:

not too interesting visually, but its cool seeing a bit of the high-res shenanigans on e.g. the floor

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ge...

maxel mode 6

YouTube video by inceptional

www.youtube.com

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 2d

Experimental post: Mode 7? What About Modes 1-6?
Some games on the SNES, such as Super Mario Kart, boasted "Mode 7" technology. However, this raises the question of what happened to the previous modes. This post explains them and gives examples of their usage in Mario games.

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nekoblivion7.bsky.social @nekoblivion7.bsky.social · 3d

@chuggaaconroy.bsky.social managed to find this at a store what a coincidence

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 2d

Piranha Plants in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door are the sleepiest creatures in the game, with some of their subtypes being up to 110% sleepy. This may be a reference to the famously sleepy Piranha Plants from Super Mario 64.

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 3d

I can't believe Barrier Skip is this simple now.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVnE...

TWW - Barrier Skip No Bombs

YouTube video by TrogWW

www.youtube.com

Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 3d

I love Xenoblade X!

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Teddy @teddyboyduh.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks to @chuggaaconroy.bsky.social, this has been ruined for me. So I will now unleash this to any poor soul who didn’t know this. Sora, ya know cool kid with key sword, well he’s wearing a onesie. Look at his original design. I’m sorry
#kingdomhearts #whychuggawhy

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 3d

Super Mario Galaxy contains a variety of placeholder text. The placeholder for the screen when Mario returns to the Comet Observatory is particularly humorous, appearing to explain the Spin ability while repeatedly getting interrupted. Below is a mock-up of it displayed in-game.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 5d

Using a specific setup in Super Mario Maker 2, it is possible to create a "Negative Space Koopa Troopa". It will not only be invisible, but make objects behind it invisible as well, appearing as a walking hole in reality.

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Demitrius Nelon @denelon.bsky.social · 5d

We've gotten a few reports of the .Net Tutorial's WinGet Configuration failing. I'd absolutely love it if someone could help us find what's breaking. I haven't been able to reproduce this one.
dotnet.microsoft.com/learn/dotnet...

.NET Tutorial - Hello World in 5 minutes | .NET

Step-by-step instructions and videos for installing .NET and building your first Hello World .NET application. Develop with free tools for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

dotnet.microsoft.com

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 6d

In Super Mario 3D Land, the welcome screen that is displayed when starting the game for the first time appears to be much less enthusiastic about the game in the European version compared to the US version.

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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 7d

Tragedy unfolded in Delfino Plaza after a tourist unfamiliar with the area’s customs handed her baby to a local Chuckster.
paletteswap.site/dif...

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 6d

"Fresh", sealed copies of Super Mario RPG actually have a unique title screen. This screen is lost permanently on that cartridge after playing and saving just once, and can not be restored without tinkering with the cartridge or waiting decades for the save battery to run out.

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LINux on MOBile @linmob.net · 6d

New blog post:

GNU/Linux on Tolino Tab 8

linmob.net/gnu-linux-on...

#LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #LinuxTablets #Fedora #32bitUEFI #IntelBayTrail #reUse

GNU/Linux on Tolino Tab 8

Why? Because why not! Although this device is old, it is powerful enough to run modern Linux. Since the original Android firmware is no longer supported, it would be a good idea to breathe some fresh life into this device. I didn't realise how difficult it would be. This blog post summarises the steps I took over several months to get a partially functioning Fedora 32 up and running on this device.

linmob.net

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 7d

This Tunic Link is kinda like a headmate that manifests upon getting the green tunic but more like an awakening that results in him somehow becoming one with the dragon, or something. Also you only get the green tunic when you get the Master Sword.
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