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Comment · 4 hours ago
After the Superfish scandal Lenovo went on my “never buy anything from this company” list.
Comment · 24 days ago
This is great, it reminds me of promotional websites from the Adobe Flash era. Ads were a lot more fun back then.
Comment · 3 months ago
I had this game as a kid. Although it looked good, the gameplay left a lot to be desired.
Anyway, another great article from Fabien.
Comment · 4 months ago
Did you include the Deuterocanonical books?
Comment · 4 months ago
I used to use my Dreamcast to browse the web. I had bought the keyboard and mouse peripherals to play Quake 3, and they worked with the browser. Back then I would use a variety of free dial up internet providers. Once the free trial ran out I would have to find another. This was in addition to the Internet that my parents were paying for.
Comment · 5 months ago
I also considered recommending Solitaire.
I personally enjoy playing Free Cell with a deck of actual cards (although a video game version is just as fun).
Comment · 5 months ago
Here is my list, I won't go into too many details as to rules or anything like that. I recommend checking out the links below to see what the games are like.
Two Players:
- Backgammon: This is my favorite "classic" game. I think it is _way_ more fun than chess. Especially if you play it with the doubling cube. Backgammon is easy to learn and it is common across many cultures.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2397/backgammon
- Lost Cities: this is a card game for two players that does not require any reading, aside from numbers. The game is very simple to learn but has a lot of depth and it is a lot of fun. I usually recommend this a good game for couples.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/50/lost-cities
- Battle Line: This is like Lost Cities but a little more complex, it has great depth.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/760/battle-line
Four Players
- The Mind: This is a four player card game that won game of the year back when it came out. It has no words at all. This game is extremely popular and the game play is very easy to learn (even easy for a kid). It requires all players to work together as team.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244992/the-mind
- The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine - This is also a four player card where you play as a team and there are no words. This game involves trick taking, which is gameplay mechanic that I was not familiar with before I played this, but you grandpa has probably played a card game in the past that does this (Bridge, Spades, and Hearts).
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284083/the-crew-the-ques...
Single Player:
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases - This game is entirely made up of reading words. It is a very clever game that is kind of like a choose your own adventure. You get multiple cases to try to solve and you have to try to beat Sherlock Holmes. It can be frustrating but also rewarding. I would recommend getting it in grandpa's native language.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2511/sherlock-holmes-con...
Comment · 5 months ago
Please cite sources for those claims.
Comment · 5 months ago
I tried using gimp on Mac to do some extremely basic stuff. I just wanted multiple layers to make a little mock up at work. Gimp’s mental model is unintuitive to me, I got so frustrated trying get anything done. I gave up and bought acorn for Mac to make my basic little image.
Comment · 5 months ago
If you want some more Cartoon Network nostalgia, enjoy this VHS recording of Cartoon Cartoon Fridays:
Comment · 7 months ago
I didn’t need the minivan until the third kid appeared. I would have stayed with a sedan as long as possible.
Comment · 7 months ago
As I get older I prefer the text on my screen to be bigger than usual. Most websites tend to have super small fonts for some reason.
For coding I much prefer fonts that are bold and easier to read. Who actually likes these whimsical cursive looking comments or super thin looking fonts?
I ended up with "Roboto Mono" btw.
Comment · 7 months ago
And I'm over here using Graphviz like some caveman.
Comment · 7 months ago
“ And I realized my setup instructions weren’t documentation. They were a wall between my product and the people who wanted to use it.”
Assuming this was written by a human, I think it is time to retire saying “this is not x it is y”.
The moment I see that I think the text is AI generated and I lose interest.