There is generally a battery that powers the clock and keeps it running even when there is no external power to the system normally one of the larger coin shaped ones. It's non-rechargable as it lasts for a long time. It's being constantly drained but it's only the smallest trickle.
If you can get to the internals you should be able to find and replace it, it's pretty obvious when you know to look for it. While you are in there you can check for corrosion/damage to the traces and components, give things a dust. The biggest issue is probably going to be an old battery, 20 years ago they were rather primative and though generally more replaceable than modern builds, getting a replacement might be harder.
I'm willing to allow that someone could have a change of heart after acquiring wealth, or can control of such wealth through inheritance.
I don't really care how such a realignment of thinking is achieved though. Be it force, visitation by three spirits, whatever. I guess my point is that as they have the capability to change but don't, which should inform our actions.
The thing about billionaires it that they could just stop. It's not a skin colour, it's not an ethnicity or even a religion.
If they wanted to they could redistribute the wealth. They could use their power to close the political doors they exploit.
Wouldn't even have to check themselves out, wouldn't even have to adopt some monastic lifestyle. But they would rather live in a world where they have lifetimes of obscene luxury at the expense of others. At a certain point you have to ask if causing suffering is part of their fun.
Remember when we were all laughing at George W Bush and the dumb shit he said? At least the fuck was concise rather than this embarrassment going on about how he used to tie an onion to his belt to scare off Mexicans or whatever he said.
You maybe not, your family? All your friends/coworkers/etc? Talk about scams with people, lots of people use PCs without knowing what is and isn't safe.
It's entirely possible that Bigfoot can walk like other people but whenever they notice someone filming them they try to act natural and it all goes to shit.
The persistent issue with a lot of the exploration into supernatural claims is that the science was often middling quality and the people conducting the experiments were if not actually motivated to find positive results, not well equipped to spot positive deception.
You'd think spies would be, but any look into the history of espionage shows that they are plenty fallible.
And there generally is, most libraries have a catalogue or at least a directory explaining the numbering system at a topic level. Thing is, this sign doesn't just help people come to the library wanting help with these things. It helps people in the library who are experiencing this and didn't know they could find a book to help them.
Hell some people don't even know they need help with these things until someone offers.
Honestly if you can already touchtype an ortho isn't going to be that big a learning curve. At least for me (going to an ortho with strong stagger), it finally meant that the keys felt like they were in the right place. I don't think the benefits of other layouts are quite as big if the keyboard actually fits your bone structure.
If you are going to a cut size layout, it's better to add in features incrementally onto something you already know rather than having to learn colemak and layers and thumb clusters.
If you have the time of course to re-learn how to type sure, do it all at once, but any time you spend on another layout (like, say, in the office) is going to make the transition harder. And as I said, layouts designed to make typing on a normal keyboard better make less sense on an ergo.
Should Vale release a general Steam OS and folk move away from Windows en masse it's probably going to be worth it. Proton does a great job but a tested and supported Linux build will be better. Some solos do it, but I think it is more based in ideology rather than necessity.
Your time and effort as a solo is going to be limited though, testing and supporting a Linux build is going to be work, and if you want to keep things closed source you are not going to be able to leverage the community in the way open software does.
There might be steps you can take to be more compatible with Proton and/or Steam Deck, which probably would be a good idea, and give you much more effect for your time spend.
I only really associate HP with corporate machines, which they seem to work fine for. Don't really associate them with the gaming space. Of course them looking at it is probably a sign that the handheld market is about to really open up, which is a good thing I think.
And if they make a good product with neither their corporate bullshit or all the 'gamer style' gimmicks I anticipate from folk like Razer or Alienware.
What I'd really like though is something DIY, or at least Framework-like. A man can dream...
And never wondered why a boss would be willing to part with an extra .50 an hour to keep them out of a union. Bosses being well known for just giving away money after all.
These days I don't really run a system per se. I like a lightweight frame that I can patch other bits on to as I need them.
Whitehack, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, and especially Pariah are all ones that had a significant impact on how I run games now. There are also several games outside the OSR space that have likewise influenced me heavily.
Though if I am evangelizing it will often be off the back of Cairn because then everyone can have a copy.
There is generally a battery that powers the clock and keeps it running even when there is no external power to the system normally one of the larger coin shaped ones. It's non-rechargable as it lasts for a long time. It's being constantly drained but it's only the smallest trickle.
If you can get to the internals you should be able to find and replace it, it's pretty obvious when you know to look for it. While you are in there you can check for corrosion/damage to the traces and components, give things a dust. The biggest issue is probably going to be an old battery, 20 years ago they were rather primative and though generally more replaceable than modern builds, getting a replacement might be harder.