Notices by mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)

But if the rubber ducks can find the problems in the code by themselves then why do we need to pay the programmers

@foone i have become comfortable with it , like a horrible cursed glave. i have created works of startling complexity in it. msbuild is the thing that means I don't have to learn how to learn batch

@foone the point where I think cursed thoughts like "I should switch over to MSBuild, where things are easier"

I am in vim. I type

:e filename.txt

i then type

:w

This saves, and it saves *to filename.txt*. The act of saying :e changed the "target" of the current buffer.

I have two questions.
- What is the vi vocabulary (ie, what word will the documentation use) for the "target"?
- Is there a way to load the contents of a file into the current buffer, or replace the contents of the current buffer with a file, *without* updating the "target"?

Gonna go explore Akihabara today! I would like to crowdsource the answers to two questions, both of which are unanswerable except to an actual Tokyo resident.

1. I want to find a store named "Beep". My friend went by here a couple weeks ago, and at the address listed by Google Maps found the image from Google Maps (below). But he couldn't find Beep. Does anyone know how to locate the store from this vantage point?

EDIT: Got answer thank you!!

2. Does anyone know where in Tokyo to find still-playable arcade cabs of Salamander, Gradius II, or Gradius III I could pump some quarters in? I found a Salmander cabinet in Osaka but didn't have time to hang around and play it. There's obvs arcades absolutely everywhere but this is a PRETTY specific question…

I found a Cute place… this looks like the entrance to a shopping arcade but I don't think the shopping arcade is there anymore, just the gate

So this is the object of my desire… a 1981 Epoch Cassette Vision… in Osaka I found a Cassette Vision Jr and a Super Cassette Vision (neither the same)… in Nagoya I found a broken Cassette Vision (picture)… but I do not want a broken one… I want a working one… my quest continues…

QUEST LOG, CONTINUED

I found an in-box(!) unit at the Super Potato in Ikebukuro. Super Potato has high prices and the box inflates price further, but that's not the problem; the problem is the RF adapter is broken and therefore unit functionality is not needed.

Now, here's the thing: I don't need the RF adapter! It wouldn't work in North America anyway (weird voltage, I need a mod to play it anyway). But if the *store* doesn't have an RF adapter, then they can't test to see if it works at all…

Tokyo is a very convenient city because there are places where you can get a sidequest 24 hours a day. These are just all over

I briefly thought "wait, if I post about the specific locations I'm checking here, might someone use the information I post to snipe the stuff I find?" but then I realized how incredibly cool it would be to have a retro game thrifting rival. I bet Tokyo has some cool spots to have a cinematic showdown with your rival

Within 30 seconds of stepping out of the subway into Akihabara I had found a store selling various types of used sirens

Chill worm

So the thing about Super Potato is they're like, a chain, there's a bunch all over Japan and they charge more than elsewhere.

The moment I walked into Beep my eyes did the red flash from the REAL SHIT meme

When you find a business establishment whose customers love it so much they drew fanart

I enjoyed the drawings of cute girls saying "beep"

Hey does anybody need uhhhhh four Sharp X68000s

Here's me hanging out with the spite spirit made of the selfish hunger and thoughtless negativity humanity pumped into the world through its drive to control and organize. Yeah, we're buds now

(photos by @spookysquid)

Okay so when you see this statue at the entrance to a space is that good or bad and should you eat the food Y/N

You can buy the hat!

They had the meeting house from Princess Mononoke, inside they had a little activity where they walked you through grilling your own mochi, which seemed somewhat arbitrary but was extremely delicious.

(Note, last photo is @spookysquid 's, his mochi turned out better than mine visually, mine was delicious but too embarrassing to show)