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  • That’s a symptom of capitalism as a whole.

    The whole perpetual growth, and being legally bound to try to provide that to shareholders, means only “safe” ideas are given any traction.

    The only time any “innovative” comes out is when billionaires have a pipe dream.

    However, they lack the skills or expertise (or even common sense) to execute them.

    Musk had ideas, bought his way into leadership, and essentially had to be corralled by handlers while other people did the actual hard work.

    Then, at the platform formally known as Twitter, with no handlers… Well, the world has seen how an unleashed Musk handles that. Spoiler: not well.





  • I’ve got the hardware to use VR on my gaming rig.

    But between the entry cost for the actual VR equipment, and the sheer lack of games that look interesting I don’t see the point in it.

    Then again, the lack of games that look interesting isn’t just a VR problem - to me at least.

    Repeating patterns of slight upgrades to visuals, mechanics I grew bored of a decade ago, etc.

    I used to rip on Madden/FIFA/Sports games in general for that crap, but it seems to be the trend.

    That being said, I’ve felt jaded about games since I was a teen, and that was a long time ago, but there was always something to keep my attention.

    Don’t really have any other majornhobbies though, so I’m at a bit of an impasse on that subject. I do spend more time with my wife though, lol.





  • Everquest, the original.

    Two guilds come to mind.

    I was younger, too young to work, so one summer break I joined up with a European guild to raid with. Lots of fun, learned a but about British (primarily) culture. Lots of fun, even when I joined another guild I raided with them from time to time.

    The other was a family guild. It eventually fell apart as the adults got busier with their careers and kids and shit. But the inner circle, so to speak, were invited to a bulletin board and we all talked for years after that. Eventually lost contact with them as I grew up and got busy with life.

    Lots of fond memories, and a couple not so fond (RNG hates me, in every way). But they were along when RNG screwed me time and again, and were always willing to try again. Lots of love for those folks.


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    Performance isn’t key. But I like performance, lol. I also wasn’t aware of their more recent practices. So thank you.

    I’ll have to check out the HP mini. As I said, just barely scratched the surface on researching this, and its more of a thought than a project at the moment, lol.

    I just can’t afford (and cool) enterprise level stuff at home. It was free (to me) so no big loss other than buying a better CPU used ~50 bucks. I’ve spent more on worse ideas lol.


  • Cost and a personal bias, also I’ve seen more helpful communities amongst Linux and FOSS advocates than trying to deal with a big brand.

    I’ve done a lot of IT stuff in my life, even before working in IT.

    I’ve seen too many issues from big brands, and its usually caused by the company.

    I have a Pi 2 from way back. I’ve thrown so many distros at that thing over time, and without fail I don’t run into any problems I didn’t personally create while learning or through human error.

    I understand all too well that those big brands have support for businesses, warranties, etc. It makes them cost effective long term for business. At a personal level I just don’t see the benefits outweighing the negatives.

    Again, personal bias. Same core reason I avoid apple products, bias, though I mainly dislike apples cost combined with their closed off, well, everything.


  • I’ve got enterprise level hardware, rack moubtable all that jazz.

    Between the cost of power, and the heat it generates (which uses more AC and thus power) its not feasible to run it.

    I’m looking into clustering some raspberry pis for a more power (and heat) efficient hardware as my next project. Barely scratched the surface of research though.

    So hey, if anyone has any tips or links, it would be much appreciated.





  • As my grandfather was wont to say, locks are for honest people.

    Most forms of security are theater and used as a deterrent.

    If your door is locked, and your neighbors isn’t, well your lock deterred them.

    Then again, if someone means you in particular harm, they’ll get in, bricks are cheap and most home windows are focused on limiting thermal transfer, not being overly durable (say under an attack). It may not be quiet, you may be able to defend yourself or run or whatever, but the lock was not a deterrent.

    So yes, lock your doors, encrypt everything you can, keep devices updated, etc. But it won’t stop a determined bad actor if they have reasonable capabilities to do you harm.

    The problem with security, especially cyber security, is that you have to find a medium between secure and usable. Most companies, in my experience, tend to loosen security in the name of usability.

    I’m not an expert, but I’m studying in that direction with my limited free time (and more to the point, energy and mental health)