Maybe. Probably. Who can keep track?

Libraries are still a thing. You can still go there to borrow a book, read it, and return it, so that others can read it.

Public libraries are under assault from every direction.

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1119752817/local-libraries-have-become-a-major-political-and-cultural-battleground

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/03/us/book-bans-librarians.html (apologies for nyt link)

https://apnews.com/article/book-bans-libraries-lawsuits-fines-prison-0914fa6cbb2a99b540cbbd28a38179b4

https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/5/5/23711417/republicans-want-to-defund-public-libraries-book-bans

Pretty soon you either won’t find the books, or even the libraries themselves. Piracy is the only way they are leaving to us.

your Communist inspired Fantasy Football League

You mean OUR Communist inspired fantasy football league, comrade.

Itanium jokes are never going to be not funny!

It’s a trap!

I’m one of those people that couldn’t get past the middle part. Plus, something about that engine gives me terrible motion sickness after 30 minutes of playing.

I’m a software developer. All my relatives assume that I know how to troubleshoot every computer problem they have. From cleaning up crapware-ridden ancient Windows XP laptops to replacing failed hard drives, they call me for help.

I mean I do, but that’s not the point!

Wait 5 second, they will tell you.

Chaotic evil is “makes you create a ticket, doesn’t work on it, and then blames the ticket for the downtime to the CEO.”

Do NOT let them recite their poetry to you!!!

I take it as “received a diploma from an accredited educational institution”.

Isn’t this getting blocked in 24H2?

Louis Rossmann’s 20-minute rant on needless cloudification of shit incoming in 3… 2… 1…

Didn’t they block the Shift-F10 workaround in 24H2?

What’s the alternative? Buying Chromebooks and creating a generation of Google drones?

Alright, As You Wish.

I have a whole separate list for arcade games.

• Mortal Kombat (including only 1, 2, and 3. Hated 4 with a passion.)
• Virtua Fighter 2
• Killer Instinct 1 and 2
• Marvel Vs. Capcom
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo
• X-Men (1992 side scroller)
• NBA Jam
• Tekken 3
• Daytona USA (really reaching here)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (struggling to get the list to 10)

I have not kept up with gaming much for the past decade, so my list is going to be very dated. In no particular order:

• Starsiege: Tribes (Tribes 2 gets an honorable mention)
• EarthSiege 2
• EverQuest (very begrudgingly, but it did kick the era of MMORPGs into overdrive, and I was addicted to it for almost a decade)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition (I’m counting the trilogy as a single game)
• X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter
• Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe
• Cities: Skylines
• Star Trek Online (only because of storylines)
• Battlefield 1942

No console games on my list, because PCMR! :P

[Edit] Almost forgot Star Control 2!

Those videos were not anti-FOSS. It was an honest look into the state of gaming on Linux that even the experts begrudgingly agreed with. If you listen to Linus’ personal views on Linux, he’s rooting for an alternative to Windows and Mac.

Well true, the engine may be good for 300k miles. But if it sits parked all the time, the body will rust long before you get to “fully use” it.