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  • Oh look, e-waste straight from the factory

  • Windows 11 start menu and taskbar, iirc

  • For sure. I feel like holding the launch price forever has been more of a recent development (some time in the last several years, ignoring nintendo) and it seems to be happening on pc too. At least on pc, we usually get a couple decent sales every year and lots of indie content.

  • Interesting. It would be nice to see more competitors playing in the same space as Framework.

  • Yeah, the suggestion that they would do it in the first place was enough to ensure that I will never purchase from them, even if they eventually get better support here in the US.

  • Do the new mazdas still have the iPod dial control for the infotainment? That shit drove me nuts in a rental I had last year.

  • I'm generally against the rise of subscriptions in every service on the Internet, but I did actually benefit from game pass for a couple years. Access to the library meant I could try a lot of games I otherwise probably would not have played. I was only out the time I spent downloading and playing them if I didn't like them- no need to deal with returns or resale, which is especially difficult/restrictive for digital purchases.

    I can't find what the original price for game pass was, but I'll do the break-even math for the current price: It looks like the highest tier game pass subscription today is ~$30/mo. Multiply by 12 months, that's $360/yr. With games typically costing $60-70, $360/yr divided by $60 is 6 games/yr.

    One would need to play > 6 new games each year to save money with xbox game pass. I think that number is pretty achievable for the average gamer, but I'd be curious to see some statistics about average game consumption.

  • I'm not particularly old by any reasonable standard, but the biggest shock to me upon entering adulthood was how there's always some fucking thing that needs doing. Doesn't matter if it's chores, bills, or other shit, there's always something.

  • Hacker News, probably.

  • Thanks to Rivian, we already have that covered!

  • Oh I think I have that one bookmarked. Wasn't there a southpaw version of that too? I currently rock with the system76 keyboard, forgot the name.

  • Why can't anyone make a cool keyboard that still has a 100% layout? Some of us actually use the numpad daily.

  • Yeah, I only use it because proton drive keeps duplicating a bunch of my files with merge conflicts and lacks a Linux desktop client. I'm getting ready to spin up a nextcloud instance or similar but needed something in the meantime

  • +1 for Niagara. I don't care about how many different ways I can lay out my apps and widgets, I just want an app drawer and and a few favorites.

  • I generally try to avoid subscriptions, but I do have:

    • Proton VPN
    • Dropbox
    • Youtube premium (they're still charging the student rate years after I graduated, and I mainly watch on a Google tv dongle so it's hard to block ads)
    • Dropout TV
    • Final Fantasy 14

    I also have a monthly donation set up for MaxFun, since I am a fan of MBMBaM and The Adventure Zone.

  • It's an improv comedy group that has their own streaming service, formerly known as CollegeHumor. Dropout has become fairly popular in the last couple years for a number of reasons, but basically they're funny and all-around decent folks.

  • I know by radio-controlled clock you probably meant the ones that automatically set the time, but I'm now imagining a kid with an RC car controller making the clock spin really fast

  • Damages demand restitution. I'll be chill with chik fil a when they commit to undoing the damage they've caused. "Sorry, we won't do it again" isn't acceptable, especially when their owner, Dan Cathy, continues to fund many of the same groups that chik fil a supposedly stopped funding in response to public pressure.

  • It's funny because Ken Burns solved the problem of using static images in a video, the effect is even named after him