Go to an MVNO, and you can get unlimited data for $25 or so.

Fortunately my area doesn’t allow this nonsense, but I’d totally be down for some infrastructure vandalism if they ever try.

Lair of the Clockwork God

I will probably also try Hogwarts Legacy next week when my kids get out of school for Thanksgiving.

I’m also going to try Fire Emblem: Engage on Switch, it’s been a while since I played a Fire Emblem game.

Their anti-cheat

Honestly, this seams a bit unfair. My understanding is that VAC is free or very inexpensive and pretty decent, while other options are potentially better for some cases and more expensive. Valve making a reasonable anti-cheat available is a good thing IMO.

So it existing is a good thing, it just may be the wrong fit for a given game (e.g. more popular games probably need a more intense anti-cheat).

If a game isn’t detecting cheaters well enough, blame the game, not the anti-cheat system it uses.

WireGuard on my VPS, because otherwise I’m stuck behind CGNAT and can’t access anything in my network from elsewhere. Or Tailscale, but that’s not really self-hosted.

Feel free to add in some letters as well, we’re not picky.

Idk, at his age, I wonder what sized that half a testicle would be. Things tend to shrivel with age…

Oh for sure. I know some people who really enjoy it, and it is work.

That said, there seems to be some weird fascination w/ streaming/YouTubing, so I feel like people feel some pressure to get into it. How it’s presented is very different from the work that goes into it, so I’m just pointing out that if it’s not enjoyable, it’s probably not a you problem.

If you’re in the US, the NSA has your back. If you’re not, the NSA probably still has your back.

But why? If you don’t enjoy it, why try to get into streaming? The chances that it’ll pay back for itself are incredibly small and it takes years of consistent streaming to get any kind of consistent audience.

If you do enjoy it, then by all means, practice a bit so it gets more natural (and more enjoyable).

Was it? Huh, I guess I avoided it thoroughly enough to not remember when it launched.

Not taking a picture, but here’s what I have:

• Ryzen 1700 in a giant case sitting on my desk (desktop PC is on top of that in a mini-ITX case); 2x 8TB HDDs, connected to network over Wi-Fi; hope to cut the size significantly once one of our ITX boxes need an upgrade (both Ryzen 5600s)
• Mikrotik router (5 port) and Ubiquiti AP sitting next to my bed; Mikrotik handles my local static DNS for my public services

Running:

• Jellyfin, as well as Samba and some other NAS stuff
• HomeAssistant (nothing monitored though, but I plan to add my Sensi thermostat soon)
• Actual Budget
• Nextcloud
• Vaultwarden (currently unused, plan to switch soon)

I also have a VPS to get around CGNAT, and I have a Wireguard VPN configured so communication is encrypted.

Plans:

• upgrade NAS to either a mini-ITX motherboard or a mini-PC w/ external USB-C enclosure
• actually run Ethernet - have been putting off for years
• configure my Sensi thermostat in HA and maybe get some other smart home crap
• use Nextcloud more - want to get SO using the notes app so I can finally kill Google Notes for shared shopping lists
• port my PF spreadsheet to LibreOffice and actually learn to use LO Calc (currently using Google Sheets); I use GoogleFinance func for stock quotes, so I need to replace that with some other workflow (mostly rebalancing investments)
• replace our TV or at least have an alternative for Jellyfin - the config disappears whenever our TV WiFi screws up, which is like 2-3x/month; screw you LG…

So yeah, somewhat simple. My family likes Jellyfin, but I haven’t really gotten them on board with anything else.

I’m honestly happy about this because I think car manufacturers are inflating prices and pocketing the difference. I feel like subsidies in general are pretty inefficient uses of taxpayer dollars.

I think we should pair this with a carbon tax so gas cars are less desirable, as well as reducing tariffs on EVs to keep the market competitive. However, we all know that’s not happening.

But on net, I think pre-credit EV prices will come down a bit to stay competitive with gas cars. It won’t be quite as attractive as with the credit, but estimates show a 7% difference by 2030 (35% w/ credit vs 28% w/o credit), so the difference isn’t huge. I think we’ve already crossed the tipping point where adoption will be pretty quick, so this just puts a small damper on that adoption.

Have them stay in Oahu, Hawaii anywhere outside Honolulu and they’ll become experts on what roosters do… every morning at 4:30am.

A hen.

Honestly, I’d pay for the privilege of slapping GRRM.

Does this really need to be weekly? Surely a monthly or even quarterly update would make far more sense.

His coworkers allegedly agree she was flirting, so there’s that.

the bubble bursting might very well be a good thing for the technology into the future

I absolutely agree. It worked wonders for the Internet (dotcom boom in the 90s), and I imagine we’ll see the same w/ AI sometime in the next 10 years or so. I do believe we’re seeing a bubble here, and we’re also seeing a significant shift in how we interact w/ technology, but it’s neither as massive or as useless as proponents and opponents claim.

I’m excited for the future, but not as excited for the transition period.

But eventually, bubbles either deflate or pop, because eventually governments and investors will get tired of propping it up. It might take decades, but I think it’s inevitable.