I like Fedora and Debian a lot, but update fatigue drove me crazy with Fedora in particular. I know I don’t HAVE to update everyday, but if they’re available I can’t help myself. I like how calm and still Debian feels in comparison. I’m running mostly Debian 13 now days and I’m going to try holding out the full 2 years before the next version. It’ll be a bit of a marathon as I read about all these new features every 6 months.

Misguided? Why are liberals always treated with kid gloves? Calling this guy a fascist does not seem out of bounds at all based on his policies.

The longer you can wait the better, but I think every 4 years is the sweet spot for me right now.

Yeah, luck is a factor for sure. And if you find one for cheap enough it probably doesn’t matter. Personally, I’d rather just build a SFF PC with a mini-ITX board. It’ll be slightly bigger than a NUC, but at least the parts are all off the shelf and replaceable when something inevitably goes wrong.

Bad thermal management. Too much heat for too small of space without enough cooling.

My experience with Intel NUCs is that longevity is their greatest weakness. Usually burn themselves out in a few years. Prospects for repair being slim. I’m not sure if Pis are any better, but I haven’t been impressed.

It’s even worse for NBA basketball. You can pay for the entire league and it’s not too expensive, but they specifically black out the local or neighboring team. So you have to pay to watch every team except your own. It’s honestly completely absurd.

I felt the same way about Deathloop. These types of games just aren’t for everyone.

Mario Kart isn’t a mainline Nintendo game? I’d say Donkey Kong made the launch “window” too but that one is more debatable. I have no interest on spending that type of money on toys, but I understand the appeal.

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We didn’t want you here anyway.

All good comrade. We’re on the same page now for sure.

I’ll have to re-read that last chapter I guess. I never really cared for the epilogue anyway. It seemed like bad fan fiction compared to the rest of the series. For the most part the core part of the books aren’t that bad. I agree that it’s not really that deep though. It’s fiction for babies. I just get annoyed with the circlejerk of people piling on it 15 years after the fact. Almost as bad as the people who are still completely obsessed with it. Just let people live lol.

That’s one interpretation I guess. Even if it was unintentional by Rowling, I thought it was a perfect example of how neoliberalism sets the stage for a fascist takeover. People who shit on the books just come across as contrarians to me. Must hate popular thing so people know how enlightened I am.

Wasn’t the Ministry of Magic a neoliberal hellscape even before Voldemort took over? That’s not even subtext that’s explicitly spelled out with characters like Fudge and Umbridge. Obviously Rowling’s personal politics suck ass but the HP books aren’t that bad.

I was in college when I watched that for the first time and I still think I was too young.

Sorta unrelated, but this generation of consoles feels like the death knell at least for me.

I bought an Xbox Series X right as it came out as I had with pretty much every MS console since I was a kid. I was just the right age and all my friends were obsessed with Halo and Fable. I played it quite a bit the first 2 or 3 years I had it, but now it just collects dust.

Ironically it’s Microsoft’s decisions with Windows that pushed me to abandon ship. I hated using Windows since 8 came out and started using Linux a lot more. Which lead me to Steam and Proton of course. And now that’s the only way I really play games these days.

Triple A gaming feels pretty much dead to me too. I basically only play the same few strategy games and the occasional RPG and that’s all I really need anymore.

Maybe I’m just getting older and it’s irrelevant to what’s going on with the rest of the industry. Just wanted to share my experience because it blows my mind they’re already talking about the next generation of consoles. The Series X and PS5 still feel brand new to me. Did either of them even have a single killer app? It’s felt very underwhelming and I’d be okay if they waited until 2028 or so to be honest.

I hope he truly enjoyed his work. Because working up until a week before your death is the most depressing thing I can possibly think of.

The DNC and their billionaire donors care though. That’s really who our elected officials work for.

The reverse George Costanza.