doesn’t lead toxicity cause aggressive behavior? Seems like a pretty bad mix. Almost like you could hypothesize a correlation between our current political climate and lead exposure.

Wouldn’t it be crazy if we could solve a big chunk of our political issues by just banning lead in stuff?

I’ve been dipping my toes into entry-level audiophile stuff, and I know the 4.4 mm jack is unnecessary for most use cases, but still I think a dap/phone combo with that built in and open bootloader for custom roms would be pretty neat.

Edit: and before anyone comments, yes I know my best bet in that direction right now would be to get an LG V20, put LineageOS on it, and use a dongle. I have a dongle. Just saying, a thing with it built in would be fun.

Also, what can I do with all these lenses in cameras now?

Exactly. I once made the mistake of quitting adderall abruptly once I ran out. Huge mistake. It kicked off a deep, constant depression that lasted I think at least a year. Ended up dropping out of high school soon after.

As a pharmacy worker who also has ADHD, I simultaneously feel bad for every fellow neurodivergent who relies on prescriptions - especially the controlled ones - and am so resentful that our system (US) makes getting meds so difficult that, crippled as I am, I find it better to go without prescription treatments than to rely on something that I know is going to be full of disruptions.

I also made the executive decision years ago to avoid prescription dependence after hearing about all the reports of Occupy protesters having their medications confiscated by police. Our healthcare system is weaponized.

Such as?

Which dual analog games have you played on it?

I hope he refined the combat mechanics in Chocalatier, cause the combat part of Stardew Valley is something I would describe as awkward and mid but serviceable in a game where combat isn’t the main focus.

I never liked movie tie-in games, but there was a version of A Bug’s Life on PS1 that somehow ended up in my household growing up, and it was pretty darn good.

Oh, makes sense.

Karma has been interpreted that way, as basically just cause and effect in the field of human ethics. It’s also extremely misunderstood by virtually everyone in the west.

It’s also derivative, “follow the leader, but on the PSX” stuff.

What does this mean?

It’s also derivative, “follow the leader, but on the PSX” stuff.

What does this mean?

If you secularize the idea of rebirth, removing any idea of cosmic justice, all you have is a hypothetical naturalistic process. What you’ll be reborn as will depend on what’s being born, and the odds don’t look so great.

I was just looking at mine today. Systematically?

In my experience there is a pretty noticeable difference, but it probably has more to do with my specific setup. I was running Debian 13 with Gnome previously, and kept noticing weird performance hiccups in Final Fantasy 16. So I gave Cachy a try with Plasma, and the performance was a night and day difference.

I probably could have tinkered with things and gotten the same results in Debian, but the point is that I didn’t have to.

Huh, Nura? I like the name PostmarketOS better, but that’s just me.

Cool that you got it working with ai, but I hope that doesn’t become a standard in device porting. Sure with proper vetting the code can be ensured to be maintainable, but that code had to come from somewhere. These systems don’t just magically know how to make software work, so it sounds like they’re probably just referencing code somewhere else that could be under any kind of copyright. Sounds like a legal nightmare waiting to happen.

The thing I’m really hoping for is these general purpose mobile Linux systems being ported to the plethora of bootleg retro handhelds out there. The majority of these devices already have unlocked bootloaders and are super friendly to third party firmware. The problem is people are only porting these hyper minimalist emulation-focused Linux builds when there’s so much untapped potential.

The two main ones I see are, 1) statements like, “I think it’s ridiculous to think the stars control our fate.” Which, they don’t. While there is a branch of “naturalistic” astrological rooted in Aristotle’s classical elemental ideas, virtually no one uses that model, and the prevailing thought these days is the movements of celestial bodies are more like symbolic markers. You never see anyone accuse clocks of controlling time, for instance.

And the other one is the perpetuation of the idea of each person’s sun sign essentially determining their entire personality or whole events. The sun sign is obviously a large variable, but in actual astrological practice the natal chart factors in the total state of the entire solar system with an honestly staggering number of variables. That’s not the whole story either, because people change over time, and astrology has methods for forecasting those changes by producing whole charts at multiple times and places.

Which, if you think the premise as a whole is still ridiculous - that’s fair. I’m not trying to defend astrology here, just saying that people can at least try not to perpetuate stereotypes.

Agreed.

Ah right, because atheists and anti-astrologists are never guilty of error or logical fallacy? Oh wait.

No, it’s like an atheist criticizing the Bible by saying things that are untrue about the Bible. If you care enough about something to be informed enough to make a credible critique, that’s fine. But if you’re just going to harbor and further perpetuate false stereotypes about a thing, maybe just stay in your lane and a, “Hey I don’t know about that stuff and I don’t care,” is all you need.