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I've been keeping some money set aside for a newer VR system, specifically one that supports wireless connection to PC. Was considering one of the newer HTC models but Linux support seemed... spotty. In glad I waited and have already wishlisted the Frame

Not only that they have the money, but Google is actively working to lock down their streaming platform (YouTube) against third-parties and they have basically yanked the rug for their OS platform, while adding requirements for developers to sideload.

Their entire direction is antagonistic and in opposition to the core concepts of FOSS

Deacon: "Brother Ted, you've messed it up again. I clearly said I wanted a demon with giant muscles!"

Brother Ted: "But that's what I did. You can clearly see the mussels all around the border!"

Keep in mind Black Friday is also coming, and a lot of vendors like to raise their prices a bit before so they can claim a sale on the day

Those protestors were terrible! Instead of mustard gas they used Dijon!

2025 and the US seems to need "underground railroad 2.0" to protect against such abuse. I hope that the current political nutbags are overthrown we seem some real trials with real consequences.

The action scenes were cool but really it was the setting and humorthat made the mummy for me. So long as he can still act I'm happy

Beni: Hey, O'Connell! Looks to me like I've got all the horses.

Rick: Hey, Beni! Looks to me like you're on the wrong side of the river.

While at the same time taking bookings from those running the country that committed the actual terrorism ...

Wait, am I a lesbian?

Not just young men. I'm in the 40+ range and Canadian yet still have at least one friend who's getting his info from something like Fox and numerous relatives who seem to have succumbed to the brain-worm since Covid

Yeah, and slots are limited. So if you get a 4x smaller sticks - i.e. 8+8+8+8 for 32Gb, and find you need 64gb+ then you need to pull out the existing sticks in order to make room for 4x16 or 2x32 etc

I sometimes wonder if this was intentional - fanning ridiculous theories such as "space lasers" - in order to make it easier to discredit other/future criticism. The Republicans have been using similar tactics for awhile now,.

DQ is pretty hit or miss for hot food. We've got multiple locations and one of them I'd absolutely not go to buy the others are ok

A&W in Canada is actually pretty decent, but it's not tied to the American chain except I think for licensing the name

Christian-supremacist would seem more accurate

I previously played with just Steam and there's basically one setting to enable - allowing the install of non-native games - and then (for supported games) it's pretty much the same as Windows. In some cases you need to select the Proton version but generally using "latest" does the trick. There are games that require Proton-GE to work. These were essentially ones where Valve's Proton version doesn't have workarounds for various DRM etc (likely because doing so would get them in trouble). On Steam Deck this is done by pretty much going into the local Appstore in "desktop mode" to install. Other distros may vary.

For non-Steam games it's a bit more of a pain, and can vary widely by game. I've installed a ton either just by running the Windows installer from Wine or scripts provided by Lutris.

Honestly if you've got the cash and want to try things, grab a Deck and give that a shot. If it works for you, take the leap to Linux on PC. Alternatively on PC, add/resize a disk and go dual-boot. The guided installers on Ubuntu variants generally make this pretty easy.

Yeah I honestly found the timing of that suspicious given Bibi's trials coming up and plummeting popularity at the time.

I could see the same with 9/11. Various people didn't need to actually be involved with terrorism so much as "let it happen" and plan on how to profit from the response

Yeah I'm also not in the States but I'm seeing an increase of people who support the folks who would likely try the same evil shit here because of stuff like "they'll deal with the queers".

Pharma. Regardless of who's involved, being able to sue somebody based on made up bullshit is not a good precedent

"I'm just asking the question" has become popular with various groups that don't have counter-facts. Instead, they couch statements as questions or use them to chip away at opposing, reasonable arguments. No answer to the question (other than the one they intended) will ever be accepted, and facts will just raise more questions or moved goalposts. Then, when these people finally get shut down or yelled at for being jackasses, they claim persecution.

It was a VERY popular tactic with anti-vaxxers or pro-Russians on social media before Facebook etc became mostly a bot-populated desert.