Hmm… the issue with a smaller Switch invariably means a smaller battery. Also, the Joycons are quite small as it is.

It’ll probably sell, as Switches are wont to do, but I wouldn’t see myself in the market for one, were I in the market for a new Switch,

Luthor in Flash’s Body: I have no idea who this is.

Sounds like Namco is now technically a 2nd party developer now?

Hmm… the device has 3 screens. (The third is visible when the device is closed)

I can’t imagine a reason to do this… other than to facilitate brining mobile games over.

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There was a rumor way back that the switch was going to run Android. Obviously that didn’t happen. But it makes you wonder.

As a filthy casual with little to no knowledge of comics outside of a few cartoons…

… I’m incredibly confused and distracted by retro-cyborg’s design.

I played the original on the DS.

I thought it was cute how the person she was interviewing would give her story on the top screen, while on the bottom we got the protagonist’s internal thoughts, which were 100% unrelated to the information she was gaining.

It’s not a bad series. Kinda like a weird quaint cross between weird Earthbound-like fantasy and Ace Attorney Investigations.

I feel like I’m reading clickbait.

Yeah, I think I remember reading that when paying cash the areas of the brain that register pain are activated in ways that paying with ‘convenient’ methods don’t.

Personally, I pay via credit card, and pay that off weekly—so I’m never caught off guard with how much I owe. Probably not the greatest thing in the world regarding a credit score, but it keeps me on top of my finances.

The rebate is only as good as my taxes… so it helps, but not enough to make it a financially wise decision at this time. Similar story with the state incentives.

Not sure if this counts, per se, but Solar Panels. Specifically, via a loan.

My electric bill is insane, thanks to the powers of capitalism and monopoly. So I figured installing solar panels would be a good investment. Sure it takes ten years to break even, but I’d rather be paying my way through that than paying my electric utility.

Well, the problem I ran into was that the interest on a loan would effectively negate any headway I was hoping to make per month.

I still plan on doing solar, but not before either interest rates at least quarter themselves or I save up enough to practically pay for it up front.

They’re still in the process of genetically engineering the bacteria, so their efficiency is still a work in progress.

There’s also the issue that economies of scale tip heavily in plastics direction,

It’s not a carbon neutral process. There’s significant both heating and cooling involved.

And, it doesn’t really solve the issue of retiring plastics.

The last update I read on the bacteria, prior to the genetic engineering, mentioned that the bacteria didn’t actually like the plastic and would only really break it down for want of something more practical. Presumably that has been solved, but I didn’t see it brought up in the article.

The article explains that they use the bacteria to basically break down the plastic into two solutions, which they ultimately recombine into plastic—seemingly out of lack of any other practical use for the results.

I’m not a scientist, I don’t know what could be a better use for the results of the bacteria doing their job. And seemingly, neither do the scientists, but it’s still a very young project in the grand scheme of things.

Since 2021, a French company named Carbios has been running an operation that uses a bacterial enzyme to process about 250kg of PET plastic waste every day, breaking it down into its precursor molecules, which can then be made directly into new plastic. It’s not quite composting it back into the earth itself, but Carbios has achieved the holy grail of plastic recycling, bringing it much closer to an infinitely recyclable material like glass or aluminium.

That’s a significant step forward from when the last time I read up on the plastic eating bacteria. Granted, I’d prefer it if it was recycled into something other than more plastic… but I’ll still take it.

Megalovania intensifies.

The cutscenes feel like they were inspired by something like “Lady Lovelylocks”… which isn’t a bad thing… but the game itself seems devoid of personality.

THE UNIVERSE IS BALANCED ON THE BACK OF A GIANT KOALA!

While governments can’t directly manipulate Lemmy, you should still operate on the assumption that nothing you do here is anonymous.

My local power company is a price gouger… but my state has mandated that we can select our source provider with zero penalties for switching… even between other sources.

It’s not a ton… since the ‘delivery’ fees are straight up highway robbery and not under the control of the outside provider… but it’s still something.

Currently doing research on solar and how much I need to save to afford the up front costs.

For me, with biking, I don’t just need a destination, but an objective.

So I’ll bike to get blood work done, then bike home. That’s a good 20 miles with a break in the middle for something productive.

Sometimes it’s the grocery store, or the post office, or the pharmacy. I start associating local destinations with exercise… as opposed to exercise for the sake of it.

I’ve personally burned through no less than 3 bread machines, and I heavily used mine. (It’s the paddle. It’s always the paddle that dies.)

I find it’s significantly cheaper to pick them up at your local thrift store. They’re quite common and cheap there.