Idle hands and all that. Someone this vacuous with this much access to resources sounds like the perfect target for manipulation by someone with ill intent. Whatever it is may not have been his idea, but he also doesn’t seem like the person to say no to a paycheck for literally any reason.

I don’t know what it is, but I just simply can’t believe that the guy is not deeply involved in some of the most twisted shit.

It’s okay, but the size is the actual issue. You always think a handheld keyboard on a phone feels too small until you bump up to that size. Your thumbs just reach everything, but especially when you factor in the aluminum case and its weight, you’re not going to be journaling on it. It’s more for tasks with light point and click interaction with the occasional data entry. Hence why RCT is one of my go to experiences on it.

I have a Clockwork Pi uConsole and with even just one 18650 I can easily play something classic like Roller Coaster Tycoon for a couple hours. They’re not as bad as you’d imagine.

I guarantee this will cost more and be less hackable than the offerings from ClockworkPi

I just booted up Satisfactory for the first time since it originally came out in EA and I’m excited to dive right in all over again. There have been so many QoL improvements since I left.

The Last Caretaker is an early access game where you pilot a boat that is often caught is rough storms. Worth checking out.

Reaching 1000 hours in Elite:Dangerous. There’s something special about being able to hop in your ship, pick a system anywhere in the Milky Way and be able to go there, given enough time. I’ve barely left the starting area in all this time and only going halfway across for the first time later this year with a few friends.

It’s a wildly big game and I’ll probably never run out of things to do.

That thing looks straight out of Demolition Man. Sick as hell.

I’ve bounced around for nearly 15 years in the world of Linux. Some of the ones I’ve used over the years:

• Ubuntu
• Linux Mint (+LMDE)
• Debian
• Arch
• KDE Neon
• Bazzite/SteamOS

The one I use currently is EndeavorOS. I landed on it because it’s been the most reliable and consistent for me personally at running games out of the box without extra configuration.

You could say any arrangement of words or letters about the inner workings of Windows, and I’d probably just take your word for it at this point.

Interesting. I’ve changed my hostname on a few machines throughout the past and never ran into this. Good to know if I ever run into this in the future.

Which is why I only recommend it when people need the bleeding edge for gaming stuff. It’s my recommendation if they need more than Mint and Bazzite doesn’t work well with their hardware. And even then, I try to avoid Bazzite since it does a lot of non-standard stuff with the setup.

Arch is good if you already know what you want, but if someone needs the bleeding edge and don’t want to configure Arch, it’s the most straightforward route.

Well there’s your problem. But really, it’s because long-time distro hoppers will finally find the one that meets all their needs and assume it meets everyone else’s needs as well.

About the only thing other than Mint that I recommend to beginners is Endeavor or Bazzite if they need gaming. And even then, is lean toward Endeavor first just because it’s less modified and they’ll get more consistent results during troubleshooting.

But yeah, new users really don’t need anything other than the bare minimum otherwise they’re likely to get turned off pretty quickly by documentation not lining up to their distros edits.

Not all of my friends are on Steam and I specifically want something where a client is optional. The only way to convince someone to move away from what they’re already using is to make it as convenient as possible, so I’m looking for something with a web client, mobile app, and desktop client.

I had missed that it doesn’t have voice support. The closest thing to a relatively simple setup I’ve found is VoceChat. It doesn’t self-host voice, but lets you link in a third party known as Agora, who offers free monthly voice minutes, but they’re still a third party. The setup wasn’t the worst, but definitely took careful reading.

I’m giving Stoat.Chat a go this evening. Looks promising as a self-host alternative.

It’s the IPv6 of joinlemmy.com

Hey folks! Check me out over on 2600:1f18:4ae:c605:dd5d:b838:5816:d7fb

I don’t remember how long ago it was, but there was an interview where he said exactly this. AI is not a bad tool. It’s just that lots of people use it as the apply-to-everything hammer.