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RetroGaming@lemmy.world•Did you know that PAC-MAN was originally PUCK-MAN? It was changed when it came to NA due to worries that the "P" would be too easy to vandalize on arcade cabinets.English
13·4 days agoNo. A computer museum. No idea where the arcade machine was originally from.
woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
RetroGaming@lemmy.world•Did you know that PAC-MAN was originally PUCK-MAN? It was changed when it came to NA due to worries that the "P" would be too easy to vandalize on arcade cabinets.English
24·4 days agoI was in front of one recently:

woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintEnglish
5·5 days agoIf that hacker only knew about tracking by Windows…
woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•American Tech Companies Are Suddenly Sweating Bullets as China Catches Up on AIEnglish
3·7 days agoPath finding in video games is also AI.
woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•American Tech Companies Are Suddenly Sweating Bullets as China Catches Up on AIEnglish
20·8 days agoAI isn’t a tool, it’s an umbrella term applied to countless individual tools. Just a couple of years ago automated language translation wasn’t AI. Now it is for whatever reason.
woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
Europe@feddit.org•Trump: Greenland 'should be controlled by the United States'English
22·11 days agoThe United States should be controlled by a capable, sane person.
Sören from Greenland perhaps?
woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
Games@sh.itjust.works•PlayStation will "irreversably" delete your account along with your game library if you dont login for 3 yearsEnglish
45·12 days agoNon-spamblog version of the same article: https://www.levelup.com/en/news/playstation-could-permanently-delete-your-psn-account-and-digital-library-for-this-reason/
woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Sony Just Killed Discs: Physical Disc Production to End January 2028 for New Games Releasing on PlayStation ConsolesEnglish
14·16 days agoI’m sort of okay with this.
I guess Sony didn’t revoke any movies you bought without any refund just a few days ago?
woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
Europe@feddit.org•EU urged to exempt UK from car rules that could be worst Brexit impact yetEnglish
10·17 days agoBrexit means Brexit!
They would definitely not agree to that
dbrand wouldn’t ask them – as usual
Just make Frank face plates. Surely nothing will go wrong.

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Europe@feddit.org•Romania’s Chamber of Deputies quietly passes bill on union between Romania and the Republic of MoldovaEnglish
1·19 days agoIt’s a process. Think of it like baking. If you try to accelerate it by increasing the heat or if you try to do it fast by extracting the food too soon, you’re going to ruin it.
Or think of it as a carton of milk in the sun. You can do it for 5 minutes but don’t leave it for hours.
woelkchen@lemmy.worldOPto
Europe@feddit.org•Romania’s Chamber of Deputies quietly passes bill on union between Romania and the Republic of MoldovaEnglish
2·19 days agoWhy would she become president?
Because she seems awesome from what I can see as an outsider and it’s not like she didn’t bring up the idea before:

Why am I not surprised they didn’t get a license
Why am I not surprised they went ahead without even asking to get a license?
woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Scalpers are already selling the Steam Machine for over $3000 on eBay despite Valve's effortsEnglish
4·20 days agoPretty sure these are the occasional individuals, not large scale bot nets.
woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
Europe@feddit.org•Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital taxEnglish
471·21 days agoIs Trump willing to sacrifice the economy over a fair tax?
Trump is senile and has no grasp on reality.
woelkchen@lemmy.worldOPto
Europe@feddit.org•Romania’s Chamber of Deputies quietly passes bill on union between Romania and the Republic of MoldovaEnglish
1·21 days agoTrue but imaging if Maia Sandu became president of the reunified country that’s a member of NATO. Those Transnistrian occupiers would be sent home in a heartbeat.
woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"English
1·23 days agoThe PS3 compute cluster incident commented below is what came to mind.
You mean the thing that was amazing advertisement for the computing power of the PS3 over the Xbox360? Yeah, Sony suffered so much from the abuse.
woelkchen@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"English
3·23 days agodo you think it would stop a savvy IT personnel?
You expect companies to list on their tax forms with hundreds of Steam accounts?














Forgot to mention which museum: https://www.bicomm.de/