A man of science

Lucky for you :

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Annual_Global_Orgasm_for_Peace

Last time I had free time and was looking for a new game someone told me “Get Control. Just get it. Trust me.”

My trust was not misplaced. It’s one of the best games I’ve ever played.

Edit: Later I tried AW1 and didn’t really care for it much (mostly because i sucked really bad at it) until I started using “all guns” cheats so I could play it like a horror/action. Then I enjoyed it.

Internal RAID1 as first line of defense. Rsync to external drives where at least one is always offsite as second. Rclone to cloud storage for my most important data as the third.

Backups 2 and 3 are manual but I have reminders set and do it about once a month. I don’t accrue much new data that I can’t easily replace so that’s fine for me.

Is there a sim card buried in there somewhere that can be removed or is it soldered in, potted, etc?

… Or your car bricks if you remove it wouldn’t surprise me, regardless.

Just keep in mind that if you’re sensitive to PWM then you won’t be playing the OLED as a handheld : (

Still works fine when attached to a tv, it’s just not a handheld/portable anymore.

I should note that I love my deck, I’m just very sad that I can’t play it as a portable.

Might vary by locale? Around here (South US) it seems like every single store has their own rewards/discount/whatever system that requires your phone number but it’s not necessary for the transaction… It’s just an extra info grab.

Sometimes the user facing POS/credit card reader will let you handle it (enter/skip) but many places rely on the salesperson to ask and then enter it or skip.

But, I also don’t get around much so my experience is limited.

Same.

Cashier: “What’s your phone number?” (For the store tracking/rewards/whatever)

Me : “Don’t have one!” (As I remove the credit card from the case on the back of myphone)

Nobody has questioned it once. They don’t want to ask in the first place but are forced to.

I enjoy the A to C converter on the side that you didn’t explicitly call out. Nice easter egg :D

I once had a keyboard with a “Works with Netware!” sticker.

Alas, I can’t find any networking gear that has a “works with Linux” sticker so I’m just out of luck on that “Internet” thing all the kids are talking about.

Generally speaking, programmers like to program (many do it just for fun), and many dislike review. AI removes the programming from the equation in favour of review.

This really resonated with me and is an excellent point. I’m going to have to remember that one.

Damn, beat me to it.

I can also recommend this service.

Ooo, I’ll have to check this out. Thank you

Slashnet still exists and it’s fairly active depending on the channel. #xkcd was bumping last time I checked my client.

Ah, delete the windows partition. That should keep me safe.

There was a big headline recently about a tech company accidentally hiring a North Korean “hacker” (I’m just going off the headline) so that might be fresh in memory with regards to your laptop farm reference.

I haven’t read the manual but I don’t think you’re supposed to cook your glasses.

It’s just for … turning off the flashy lights.

This right here. But the software is garbage and I’d prefer they didn’t include the disco lights at all. Maybe that’s a way to improve profits?

I bought a topo map a few weeks ago for a backpacking trip. Electronics are heavier and less suitable for that purpose in my opinion.

No breaks allowed!