Excellent choice. I did the same last year. I’m still on Tumbleweed.

AI won’t reverse enshitification, but it is one solution in this sense:

The internet is too far gone. It’s all bots and advertising and disinformation and exploitation and data harvesting. People still seem to trust content on the internet for some reason. AI will sort that out by making the internet so unreliable, people will have to distrust it to the extent they should.

I really hate that I can’t get a lie in on the weekend. Kids wake up and my brain wakes up. I’ll have to start going to bed earlier…which I hate. I want to stay up and play video games and wake up late. But I guess I’m becoming an old man and need to embrace the old man life.

My body has started doing this and I hate it.

My younger one (4) gets scared by Bowser and comes to me. I have to do the same stages over and over for him. But he’s getting better.

The older one (6 now) finished Super Hexagon (all stages) and Ori to 100% completion at the age of 4. He used to ask for help with the last stage of Super Hexagon… That was way beyond my abilities. Really need to get this kid onto Street Fighter to male use of these skills.

You know you shouldn’t joke about these things. These are very serious matters. You’re very lucky and privileged, but some people really struggle. We’ve tried our best to provide you with everything and give you a comfortable life, but don’t forget how hard others have it. You don’t appreciate all this or appreciate us. We still need to talk about your grades by the way.

I was late to the party. The only acronym I ever used was SC2.

This is not dull. If I managed to get out of shopping and got a solid nap instead, it would easily be the highlight of my week.

Good luck for your back. Hope you’re working to strengthen it.

This is about the best answer that can be expected for such a vague plea for help.

I’ve done the video game addiction thing myself. Path of Exile…the game was good. Using it for unhealthy coping was not good.

Basically I would agree. The only thing you can change is yourself. Work on yourself. Dodge the second arrow.

My wife refers to the electric blanket as the single best thing that has ever happened to her. She says she doesn’t need me anymore.

I’m convinced my wife is at least partially a reptile. The inability to maintain body heat is amazing.

I haven’t tried yet. I think there are videos on YouTube showing Moonlight working well. Don’t know about other apps. I’ve installed Steam Link expecting that WiFi 6 should give a good streaming experience.

The problem I have is that there’s no endpoint that will convince people that this isolationist/protectionist way of thinking is harmful to their own interests. England still isn’t going to admit this about Brexit. Let’s see how America fares.

Works perfectly

Every day I discover a new creative way that humans are messed up.

AliExpress is really good and reliable now. I get plenty of stuff off there. Linus Tech Tips even recommends it as one of the best places to pick up a bargain on a desktop CPU. They give you a refund if items are undelivered. I look for items with plenty of pictures and detailed descriptions and picture reviews, and I’ve never been disappointed.

The other thing is that lots of deals end up being discussed on HotUKDeals.com and forum users will report back (e.g. cuing a Crucial NVME drive for £30 and posting speed tests and that it’s the real thing).

These plans for tariffs are going to affect Americans badly though. eBay is recommended in that case.

Pocketability is the biggest bonus for me. This doesn’t replace my Steam Deck, it supplements my gaming by making games available in situations where I can’t carry around a giant Deck.

The other issue is that my 4 yr old son has really gotten into gaming (Mario Odyssey) and takes the Deck off me a lot of the time 😄

You’re right, ergonomics aren’t great, but I’m fine with that because it prioritises portability. Better ergonomics can be added with the grip attachment. Although I have giant hands and I’m OK playing extended periods without grips.

Tony Hawks Underground 2

Wipeout Pure

Tetris Attack

Super Mario Galaxy

Balatro

Enter the Gungeon

Into the Breach

Binding of Isaac

Super Meat boy

Got so many games in active rotation on this thing.

Yes, Switch Emulation. The emulation app is called Sudachi (works better than Yuzu).