I'm pretty sure my "next laptop" will not have been manufactured in 2026. I'm currently on a 2013 MacBook Air, so maybe around 2038 I'll start looking at these new fangled ceraluminum laptops.
I'm ok with the free educational license business model, but the product has to be useful for that to work. Who's going to buy dogshit at their job just because they got free dogshit in school? Only dogshit shills, that's who.
Try starting steam from the terminal. A lot of diagnostic info gets printed to stdout and stderr, which you can scroll through after a crash. Search up anything that looks like a serious error, it might point you in the right direction.
This is why I outfit all my computers with a Matrix-esque EMP bomb connected to a dead man's switch. If I get the slightest hint of insubordination, I'll take them all down. I fucking swear it.
Came here to say the same thing. I have a coworker who's so consistent and heavy-handed with his cologne that I don't ever have to visually check if he's in the office or not.
Perfect analogy.