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License payments for exFat

I finally got enough round-tuits to buy a MicroSD reader, and transfer my Nintendo Switch memory to a 64 gig card. Interestingly, when I did this, it asked to download an update. I suspect this is the same as the Sony PS3′s “are you going to use aacs” question in the settings screen. By default, they’re not licensing the systems for that codec or file system. exFat’s only needed for large cards, and not everyone will get a card for their system, so why pay that license for every switch out there?

Shorter games

I’ve been playing a lot of shorter games this month. Not really intentionally, but since I polished off two long ones first thing, I just drifted over to a bunch of palette cleansers. I just went to the bottom of my PS3 history (least-recently played games) and picked one. The first was Stick Man Rescue (#72). The graphics are simple, and it’s almost a game that I could make myself, but it was fun to just knock it out.

New releases, 10/17/2017

Playstation blog has another list of new releases. Guess I should go through them and see which ones I might want to grab. The answer? 3 that I really want, a few more that I wouldn’t mind having. Chaos;Child: A VN, I’m sure. I’ll probably get this eventually too. Summon Night 6: Lost Borders: Agh, so many games I want this week. This one is close to the top of my list, even though I still have about 3 other summon night games to play.

Net Neutrality, de-polarization.

I think it’s worth trying to break the conversation out of its current polarization. It’s either all Title 2, Internet as a Utility, or it’s our current system with light regulation federally, but locally/state granted monopolies, no discussions about anything between. The current system isn’t perfect, there’s flaws in that competition has largely vanished in many places in the country, but in those areas there may be better solutions than just Title 2 Fascism.

IOMMU groups on Asus PRIME B350-PLUS

This is a bit of a scratchpad for me as I plug various things into the motherboard and see where they land in the groups. There seems to be 8 IOMMU groups on this board. First run: RX480 in PCIe 3.0 slot, Audigy 2 in second PCI slot. UPDATE: I was going to paste in multiple runs and show the differences in them, but spoilers, every PCIe and PCI slot in this thing other than the first PCIe3.

2017 Goals

Since I’m not finishing as many games as I used to, I suppose I should tone the goals down a bit.12 PS3 games. (Including Disgaea D2 and Ni No Kuni)Finish: PSMini, PSP, GBA backlogs (Zenonia, Valkyrie Profile Lenneth, LOH: Tears of Vermillion, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn) 2 Windows games. (Perhaps Ys: Naphishtim and Chantelise?)At least half of the new releases that I purchase on day 1.4 PlatinumsThat brings my called games from 24 down to 18, which is close to my 1/3rd decrease in completions from 2015 to 2016.

2016 Multimedia Completion

2009: 7 games Platinum: 22010: 41 games Platinum: 52011: 22 games Platinum: 02012: 43 games Platinum: 112013: 70 games Platinum: 42014: 84 games Platinum: 12015: 92 games Platinum: 52016: 64 games, Platinum: 7 (Current pace, 64 games/yr.)2016 goals: 20/20 PS3 games (* for goal) 4/4 other games from obsolete platforms, such as PS1, PS2, PSP, Dos, Wii, DS, PSMobile… (Games with a ** at the end are for the goal.) 7/4 Platinums acquired *** 2.

Fallout 4 storyline, spoilers

I’ll add some space here for people who want to avoid spoilers. The institute… Shawn told me when I arrived that he was afraid of what I’d heard about them going in. Told me that he would correct the misconceptions. I talked to all of the heads, I wandered around and listened to conversations. The vast majority of what I heard in the commonwealth has been confirmed.

On gamergate and intimidation

I was recently sharing posts on the need for both sides to calm down in the Sad Puppies 3 thing going on with the Hugo, and one of my friends on the site replied to me about how they recently had a run-in with someone whose twitter feed was full of Gamergate and SadPuppies tagged retweets, and how it made them feel unsafe, given that gamergate people will, if you push them too hard, sometimes dogpile on you, dox you, and attack all of your friends.

February 2015 Multimedia Completion

Games: 11. Mii Force (3DS) 2/13. I don’t recommend this one. it’s my least favorite of all of the 3DS Mii Streetpass games.12. Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) 2/18. I enjoyed this game, but I was really ready for it to be done.13. Suikoden 2 (PS1) 2/22. A pretty good game, though not my favorite from the series.14. Pathpix Boo (Android) 2/28. Pathpix is always a good timewaster.Videos: Apparently, I forgot to watch anything in February.