This really surprises me. I’d expect this from mobile games. I play exclusively on PC, and I’ve never even been offered to participate in a micro transaction. Maybe I’m just playing the wrong (right?) games?

Old millennial here. Want to drink at home by yourself while I drink at home by myself?

Windows 10 IoT LTSC has support until 2032. Just saying…

The fact that something this extreme is actually required to enact political change is absolutely ridiculous, but much respect to him for what he’s doing.

On a practical note, I was thinking the same thing as you. I don’t think I could stand for 17 hours straight. I absolutely could not go 17 hours without a bathroom break.

With you 100%. I’m not exaggerating when I say I have over 100 “IoT” devices in my home. Its great. Lights come on and turn off exactly when I need them to. Fans, heating, cooling, it all happens at exactly the right time. My entire property is monitored via video and recorded 24/7. Do you know how many would stop working if my internet connection shut off? Zero. Most are Zigbee, but the ones on WiFi are on a VLAN that doesn’t have a route to the internet.

IoT devices are fantastic cost-effective ways to automate your home. Cloud services are ad-infested data-harvesting hot garbage.

Isn’t this kind of a roundabout way of saying “I’m a libertarian that isn’t into wearing tinfoil hats?”

Out of all the things this administration has done, this one almost seems somewhat logical.

I can understand not having a RealID or passport, since both are mainly for travel. Not everyone has a need or desire to travel.

Section D says a government-issued ID and proof of citizenship is okay. Doesn’t everyone at least have a state ID (probably a drivers license) and a birth certificate?

As an veteran, I’d just like to offer an emphatic “fuck you” to anyone who thinks this is a good idea. If you served your country with honor, you deserve the same recognition as any other member of the Armed Forces that served alongside you. I don’t care about your race, ethnicity, orientation, creed, religion, or anything else. We’re all part of the same team.

Even if everyone in the chat had a need-to-know, you do not use insecure 3rd-party software for classified communications. Secure networks already exist for this.

Isn’t dying poor a good thing? I don’t want to live poor, but you can’t take it with you. I’d ideally spend my last dollar right before taking my last breath.

This has to be one of the stupidest and least effective laws I’ve heard of. There are thousands of other DNS servers that are publicly available and not subject to Italian law.

This is also true of Jellyfin, though. I have apps on my Windows PC, my Android phone, multiple Nvidia Shield boxes on my TVs, plus the web interface if I need it.

I switched over from Plex several years ago, and while it takes a bit more time to configure, compatibility for clients seems just as good for Jellyfin as it is for Plex.

Most importantly, Jellyfin is strictly client/server, no “cloud” bullshit and no remote account is required; I don’t want Plex phoning home with a list of the media on my file server.

Personally, I’d really like the option of running LLMs locally, but the hardware requirements make it hard. Small models run okay on CPU or low-end GPUs, but anything approaching the complexity and usefulness of GPT4 or DeepSeek requires a hefty GPU setup. Considering how much even old hardware like the P40 has gone up in price, it’s hard to justify the cost.

What’s the deal with OpenAI and xAI? Apparently he is no longer on the board of OpenAI but is still a financial backer. Yet he’s also starting a company to compete directly with them. Why sabotage his own interests?

It’s nice to read some good news for a change.

I don’t think this person’s point was that everyone needs to eat tofu instead of eggs, but instead that there are plenty of other options. Yeah, it sucks that food is becoming more expensive, but there are a lot of different food options to choose from.

For what it’s worth, I agree with you. I don’t consume meat, but I do eat products containing eggs. It just blows my mind that eggs are so important to people. If I could never eat eggs again, it would be akin to someone telling me “You can never use Tide detergent now. You have to use Gain.” Oh well, whatever. There are 1000 different options. The fact that this one particular dietary item is so important to people is just strange to me.

Overall, groceries have gone up significantly in price over the last few years. I don’t really get why eggs are what everyone is talking about, though. It seems like the public discourse right now is all about “Eggs cost too much!” and not “It costs too much to eat.” Why eggs? If eggs are too expensive, maybe eat something else?

But why, though? Trump is a narcissist and Vance is his lapdog. Licking Putin’s boots shouldn’t feed his ego, so why do it? Maybe Putin has some dirt on him. Nobody is going to give a shit. His MAGAts are still going to rationalize why he’s their messiah and continue supporting him.

Calling him a Russian asset is giving him too much credit. He’s being mean to what he sees as the “little guy” because it makes him feel like a big man, and the rest of us have to live with the consequences.

I just don’t understand what the goal here is. It seems like everything this administration does is with the purpose of offending or alienating our allies. Even if you believe in the whole “America First,” how could that possibly be achieved by pushing away every other country except for maybe Russia or China.

My theory is that there is no goal. It’s just bullying for the sake of bullying.