r/okbuddyrosalyn is leaking…

“It’s not your loot, just your turn to use it.”

The answer is always DRM and monetization. If you didn’t have enough reasons to not buy products with locked down software, here’s even more reasons.

I wonder if adding something less problematic for electronics, such as mineral oil, could be a valid way to bring it back! You could even make a mouse that has liquid gel that circulates around your palm.

Maybe GLADOS… for those who make more than 200k USD/year.

Halo and Destiny are basically the sole reason why I love burst rifles in any FPS game.

Just like how Breaking Bad intentionally fudges the recipe, you gotta do your research first if you want to imitate or try things you see in media.

Sponsorblock extension, works best on Firefox and forks

UBlock Origin and YouTube revanced, that’s the combo you should try using. No need to worry about looking at the ad if there is no ad.

I don’t think that’ll make things better, to be honest.

To celebrate, let me repost this same meme I made here when I first started posting in 196:

Demoman TF2

It’s a dangerous bet - there were times where I was at the “despair resulting from failed desperation” point.

Nice!

I had restrictive parents who wanted to investigate and limit every part of my digital life, so most of my motivation came from getting the most out of the devices I could access. Usually that involved manipulating software to break parental digital locks, or to install more featured homebrew to access websites (and emulators).

Financially, my folks could have gotten me what I wanted out of my tech, but tried to hold me back because of their personal views. That was what drove me to get creative and understand more about all my devices.

I always found it fascinating to learn about the things I used in my life worked, because as a kid I loved learning to take things apart, mod, and put them back together. But there never seems to be enough time to study and understand everything, because most devices we use are over-engineered (read: repair hostile), so I can’t ever think about becoming a jack of all trades like my family members are.

Electronics, yes. Mechanical, no. I have to pay someone else to help me.

Reminds me about that line in World War Z (Max Brooks)

(Paraphrasing) "Some survivors were frustrated with the assignments they were given. A lady who was a former TV exec was furious that she was assigned to a janitorial unit, led by someone who’s lifetime salary she made in a month!

For people like her, you didn’t have to worry about fixing a plumbing issue or cleaning your home. She just hired someone else to do it, because she made money talking on the phone, and the more people she hired, the more time she could spend talking on the phone. After the Great Panic, nobody bothered to use phones anymore. There were no TV contracts that needed to be made, but there were toilets that needed work, and floors to clean. In a strange way, the blue collar workers outranked their “superiors” in importance to the community. We needed mechanics, engineers, HVAC workers, plumbers. We had those people of course, but there was never enough of them."

What’s the cutoff year for this mindset? Granted, I’m an electrical engineer, but I was born in the early 2000s, and my friends had a solid grasp of computer software and hardware fundamentals.

And switch 2 the steam deck so you can play the Nintendo games alongside Steam like a baller

This is beyond science.