Dolphin Progress Report: April 2015
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I thought this was interesting/funny:
"4.0-6039 - Add Wiimote Battery Controls by RachelBryk
Is it believable that two years ago, someone actually requested a feature for low battery on emulated Wiimotes? Is it even less believable that someone implemented it, and then someone else actually merged it? Crazy!
Yes, now those of you using emulated Wiimotes can live out your dream of setting the battery to any value that the Wiimote can send to the console. From full (255) to empty (0) and the game will react accordingly. Like those low battery warnings popping up on save screens? Or how about fullscreen messages telling you your Wiimote batteries are low? Now you can have them whenever you want!"
So I looked up the developer: http://nintendoenthusiast.com/news/developer-rachel-bryk-dea...
This is probably old news to the people who care about this emulator, but it's a very sad feeling of loss that I have: Thinking about how something like the above was implemented as what was probably a kind of an inside joke, and knowing that their community lost that contributor forever.
I don't condone her suicide but I can understand it.
This bull happens a lot to the people who really need the help while not actually investigating the fraud in the system. I have an uncle that was denied benefits multiple times (broken back) until he almost died in a hospital. It seems very common to deny the first time and then spend too much time in appeal. If people have friends or relatives that know about this crap, they still have hope. Those that don't, well, you get despair and worse. We handle fraud in the laziest way the system can.
This type of stuff is why I pay for a long-term disability policy with specific terms that if I'm not able to function in my profession, I get the money. Many employer provided policies simply require you to switch professions.
https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2015/04/25/commemoration-rachel...