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Cake day: July 29th, 2023
  • Depress_Mode@lemmy.worldtoReddit@lemmy.world•Reddit decides to remove r/all
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    2 months ago

    Before I stopped using reddit, I was having this issue where it would literally show me the exact same post several times (like, not a crosspost, straight up the very same post) and it would get worse the further you scrolled. By page 5 or so, it’d be nothing but posts you’d already been shown. I just checked and it’s still doing it. I don’t know if this was just me or not, but it made it a lot easier to stop visiting.

  • Depress_Mode@lemmy.worldtoGames@lemmy.world•QWOPEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Always loved Bennett Foddy’s games. I played this so much back when I was a kid like 15 years ago that I actually figured out how to do it. My strat still isn’t exactly easy, but with a little practice you’ll be able to actually beat the game as I’ve done before, even getting past that nasty surprise at 50m. I just broke it out for the first time in years and it was almost like riding a bike, no joke. Within a few minutes, I was almost hitting 15m. The key is to more or less always control two keys together; you’ll probably only pull off finer single-key adjustments when you actually get a feel for the controls. Getting a feel for the timing and how much to push the buttons is also important. Some other tips are not to allow your knees to get too high, try gradually completing strides in short stuttery presses to prevent flipping backwards, and momentum is key.

    To start, briefly tap W and O simultaneously. This is to get the character to put a foot out and lean over it, setting up the next stride.

    Then, a slightly longer press of Q and P simultaneously. The runner will extend his other foot much like real runner.

    After that, you’ll go back to W/O and begin cycling between that and Q/P. That’s pretty much all there is to it as far as the control scheme goes. That will at least have your runner looking a lot more coordinated than attempting to scoot across the ground or whatever.

  • Depress_Mode@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•If president abductions are something that can apparently just happen how come Putin or Kim Jong Un aren't in some foreign prison right now?
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    3 months ago

    Since you asked and I haven’t seen anyone else answer, the most recent parallel to the Maduro situation is the 1990 capture of Manuel Noriega, the military leader of Panama. All around, it was a pretty similar situation. Just like Maduro, Noriega was accused of using Panama as a drug shipping hub and of being a dictator by the US. Relations deteriorated until in late 1989, Panama declared they were “at a state of war” with the US, prompting George H W Bush to launch a ground invasion into Panama with one of the goals being the capture of Noriega, which was achieved within a few weeks in early 1990. He was then flown to the US to face a trial over his drug charges and was held in prison until 2010, though he was then extradited to France and later Panama, where he spent his final 6 years in prison.

    Like Maduro, while the capture was ostensibly over drug trafficking concerns, it was largely to further US interests in Panama and Central America as a whole. Namely, it was to gain outsized control over the running of the Panama Canal for the US and grant them special perks such as reduced costs to send goods through, something that saved US companies billions every year. Additionally, it allowed as many as 14 military bases to be established in the area.

    Here’s a really fantastic and very thorough comparison between the two that goes into much more detail. https://brendonbeebe.substack.com/p/comparison-of-us-capture-of-nicolas