ToffeeIsForClosers

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What TV series bungled a great concept that you'd like to see tried again? in c/television@piefed.social
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wayward Pines. Great concept but then they basically explained everything in a handful of episodes and took the whole mystery out of it. Also, some of the acting was terrible.

In some ways, Silo is its spiritual successor but without

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It corrects for those mistakes and sustains the mystery.

Another one I’d like to see redone or relaunched, West World. Incredible first season. Nothing left in the writer’s tank after that. That first season was so good though that I don’t think it can be rebooted.

What is your favorite recurring show within a show? in c/main@sopuli.xyz
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

“Ow My Balls!” from Idiocracy.

You were both made to laugh and at the same time be the point of the joke for laughing.

Following the Louvres robbery, what are your favorite heist movies? in c/movies@piefed.social
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

David Mamet’s “Heist”. Fantastic story, dialogue, and acting.

So many great one-liners.

“Your weight or your fate!”

“Everybody needs money. That’s why they call it ‘money’”.

And I might as well just link to the quotes page because there’s too many.

How do I keep a 9 year old from constantly licking erasers and putting them in his mouth in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Long shot but it could be a sign of iron deficiency. Eating, smelling and licking odd things like paper, erasers, I’ve heard of these associations. I even read about a woman who would spend her lunch hour smelling the concrete in the stairwell. Turned out to be iron deficiency.

The Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly in c/eternalplaylist@crazypeople.online
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“Detachable Penis” was on that disc!

So many great songs and bands on there.

Duck Face (So glad this trend finally played itself out) in c/wikipedia@lemmy.world
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

From personal experience, the problem is that you use it ironically, maybe with your kids or buddies, and it’s fun for a time.

Then one day you realize you’ve fully adopted it and you look in the mirror and ask yourself “What happened to you, bro?”

Dean Winters on Mayhem, 30 Rock, and Being Typecast: 'It's Kept Me From Working Behind a Bar" in c/television@piefed.social
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I just saw him in that Homicide episode mentioned in the article.

Homicide shares a universe with Law & Order so now I’m wondering if he was the same character when he did SVU.

Van Damme in Star Wars (as r2D2) in c/starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Incredible, haven’t laughed like that in a while!

Is there an actor you can't stand? Do they have any exceptions? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Came here for this. Yes, not a good person in real life from what I’ve read.

Also, terrible, wooden in so many movies. And yet, perfectly played his role in The Departed. So much so that I didn’t think it could be him at first.

In Norway, laser weapons are being used to remove sea lice from farmed salmon. The Stingray Laser System uses cameras to scan the fish, identify lice, and then deliver a laser pulse to kill them. in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Spotted a Canadian!

Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake" in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The shadow of a shadow of a shadow warrior.

Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake" in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I’m with you. That arcade game is the reason why I spent the time to discover MAME many years ago.

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Shortcut Trigger Source (lemmy.world)
 

Is there a way to know which app triggered the shortcut call?

For instance, if I share files from the Files app, I could reference something to see “Files” or “iCloud Drive”. When it’s Mail, I’d see “Mail”. Etc.

I am trying to have one universal shortcut for file input but I need to specialize some actions depending on the app that provided the files.

I checked “Shortcut Input” but there aren’t a lot of choices to evaluate. “File Path” is inconsistent in what it will show: executing from the Shortcuts app and picking a file will shows “iCloudDrive/FolderName/Filename.ext” but sharing from the Files app will just show the filename.ext. Sharing from Mail shows the file content.

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Backup All Shortcuts (routinehub.co)
 

I found this nifty shortcut to backup all shortcuts. You can set it to an automation and do a rolling limited number of backups on a set schedule, like 10 zip files max, backed up weekly.

There’s a problem though. There’s an error on the Make Archive step.

I stripped the shortcut down to Get All Shortcuts, Make .zip of My Shortcuts. The error persists.

I’m not sure why it’s not working unless this is an existing Shortcuts bug at the moment.

Anyone know?

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Multiple Apple Note Tags (lemmy.world)
 

Anyone know how to tag an Apple Note with multiple tags?

I can create the note, append to it, and tag it with a variable or straight text but I cannot figure how to add multiple tags.

I tried a list, dictionary values, comma separated, new lines. I even tried looping over Add Tag action with a single tag but everything results in an error on trying to tag multiple times to the note.

Let me know if you’ve figured it out!

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EmulationStation Controller and Game-Specific Input Settings (lemmy.world)
 

I have an X-Arcade dual joystick that I’m trying to use with Arcade games via EmulationStation on the Steam Deck.

The joysticks work but I’m having two problems that I’m looking to solve. They should be universal problems, not just about this joystick unit, so I’m hoping someone here can guide me.

  1. How to set controller order within EmulationStation? I use a Steam Controller to navigate the Deck otherwise but have to turn it off when I start an arcade game or the X-Arcade won’t work. I think it’s the controller order I’ve read about but can’t see where to set this.

  2. How to set controller inputs for a specific game in EmulationStation? I see the input settings menu but I believe this overrides all games. I don’t see how I can bring up the old MAME menu for game specific inputs. Do I have to do this via config file in desktop mode instead?

The joystick unit has the PCB upgrade that allows X-input. I can see both joysticks as XBox 360. The deck is updated as of August 1st stable release. EmulationStation with 2.1.1 and all other desktop application updates applied including EmuDeck emulators and flatpaks. Based on some other issue and advice, I have previously pointed EmulationStation to a different and newer MAME emulator vs the one that came with the EmuDeck install.

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