AlexanderESmith

The point of my original post was that their update cadence is slower. The point of my followup reply is that they are not devoid of updates, either.

They have a release every 1-2 years, and it’s packed full for various tweeks, improvements, and new features. They fix broken shit, and enhance where it makes sense.

I don’t need my window manager to get fad features, and I don’t need constant updates. It does what I want it to do already.

xfce ftw.

Indeed. Though that’s only my surface level complaint.

On a deeper level; LLMs just fuckin’ suck ass. They aren’t people, stop assuming they can do things that people can do.

That’s the company that made those assassin games

“AI”

lol

xfce ftw

I’ll be the first to agree that up/down votes should be replaced with something more functional, but if the current meta is “This is relevant or not” and the OP was unrelated to light/dark mode preferences, then… yeah, downvote. Off topic, doesn’t contribute, randomizes the conversation, doesn’t belong.

lol nope

People need to stop calling everything “fake news”. First, the shit you see online may be fake, but it’s not news. And second, perpetuating that stupid-ass phrase just gives the morons who coined it more excuses to keep using it.

If you think something is a lie, say so in plain English.

I only work in dumbass terrestrial systems administration, and even we do that (mostly because I pitch a fit when they try to test more than one thing at a time)

Thank you! Though, there’s no paint or coating. Printed using standard Black PLA on a Bambu X1C. The finish is just the natural texture of the print.

Same. My most ambitious project was to create a new arm rest for a Traveler Guitar. The one it comes with is super uncomfortable to me, so I redesigned it to be shaped more like a Squier. Images here .

Aaahhhh, there we go

I feel like someone in this thread should be calling someone else a tankie, even if only for the meme of it.

That’s basically a character on Rick and Morty (except its like a million ants)

I already have it on hand.

*click*

You assume “pretty ass” is limited to women, for any given male player…

Obviously subjective, but;

• Smaller hitbox
• Better animations
• Many awesome games where the equally awesome protagonist is female (Metroid, Portal, Hellblade, Tomb raider, Horizon, etc)
• If the story is based on the character, it’s often more emotionally intelligent
• Usually more agile, fast, stealthy, and has long-range attacks (magic users, snipers, archers, etc)
• Usually has more of a flourish in attacks, so fancier and more graceful

I’m male, 5’7", 150, athletic build. Definitely male in appearance, but I’m not bulky. To your point about “the character looking as much like you as possible”, depending on the game, my frame is more similar to the female than the guy who’s neck is bigger than my waist.

I like smash-em-ups just fine, but sometimes I want to approach the mechanics as I would in real life, and that’s intentionally, and executed with subtlety. A lot of male-focused paths/stories are forced to be blunt force and loud.

There are absolutely online stores that do that, but they’re usually gamer-focused, so there’s three issues;

Note: I’m taking about laptops, because it’s all I’ve bought for the last decade or more;

• The non-gamer focused stores rarely (if ever) have the option (Lenovo, Dell, Microsoft, etc).

• The gamer focused stores usually sell hardware that runs Linux like shit because the hardware needs extremely specific drivers (which isn’t necessarily an issue for Linux, but if it doesn’t exist yet, you’re either building them yourself, or waiting for someone else to do so).

  • Note: Most Clevo systems - that are private-labeled by the likes if IBuyPower, OriginPC, etc - run Linux really well. Some of these sellers make custom hardware, or sell other private-label systems, so your milage may vary.

• The gamer focused stores are usually patroned by people who are all in on Windows gaming, because they don’t do much else with the system, so they don’t experience the kinds of annoyances that power users would gripe about (which is why the above point doesn’t compel those sellers to do anything different).

  • And before someone corrects me: Gamers are not inherently power users, they just have powerful systems. It used to be that powerful systems were only buildable and maintenable by power users, but that hasn’t been true for years. If all you do is install and click “play”, you aren’t a power user.

As for desktops, I really couldn’t say. Haven’t been paying attention for years. It’s possible that you could buy a system without a hard drive, never mind an OS.