I just spent the morning doing this with my help desk team, although we just do it via command prompt at the recovery screen. We've had a 100% success rate so far at 93 devices and counting. I'm glad our organization practices read only Friday, at least.
2k3 walked so that 2k4 could run. I remember being so pissed when 2k4 was announced as a separate game from 2k3. I refused to buy it until they released the DVD Editor's Choice edition, but from there I was hooked. So many awesome mods, like Red Orchestra, Killing Floor, Deathball, SAS Into the Lions Den, Frag.Ops, Air Buccaneers, Jailbreak, NeoTokyo, and Strike Force are the ones I remember the most. That game was the biggest one during our LAN party days because everyone had it, including our Linux brethren. It's hard to believe it's been over 20 years since we took that first step with 2k3.
I got a HON Ignition 2.0 a few years back for about $300. Don't let the name fool you, it's not a gaming chair. It's one of the best cheap ergonomic chairs I've ever used. You can get them lightly used from Amazon for about $360 nowadays, or $425 new. Between working from home and sitting in front of my computer gaming, I spend probably 8+ hours a day sitting in that chair, and have for the last 3 years. It's still in great shape and shows almost no wear and tear.
Red Orchestra. The standalone game was good, but bonus points if you use the UT2k4 mod first. The bots are serviceable to at least experience the game a bit.
Deadly Dozen Pacific Theater had some interesting gameplay to it. It's a blast sniping everything in that one
Cars were so uncommon to people outside of Beijing that they would pay to have their picture taken with a car as a memento or proof to others that they saw a car and they do exist. Motor vehicle production didn't really pick up until the early 90's. Before that, manufacturers were only making a couple hundred thousand cars per year in the entire country.
At least that's how I interpreted it after reading about the Chinese auto market history on Wikipedia and combining it with my own personal history with computers while growing up in a rural town in the US.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_China
As a not native English speaker, I appreciate that comment. It helps me understand the previous comment better.
Retirement gaming is going to be great! RDR3, Elder Scrolls 6, Star Citizen, the re-re-re-release of Mario and Zelda. I can't wait!
My company went the opposite route. They sold the property with a 4-story building and now lease only a single floor for a semiannual in person meeting. They've fully embraced WFH, although we have a handful of cubicles for anyone who wants or needs to come to the office.
I know I could probably make about 10% more going somewhere else, but no way I'd be willing to do that without a WFH guarantee, and a lot of places aren't willing to do that right now.
This list obviously isn't everything, but there's a lot available. I kept it pretty broad although there's a ton of niche and specialized software available too.
OpenTracks - Keep track of how many steps you take throughout the day without a smart watch.
K9Mail - A privacy oriented mail client alternative to the Gmail app.
Diaguard - A diabetes diary app to track your blood sugar.
Drinkable - List a few ingredients and what liquor you have at home and it gives you a list of drinks you can make.
Newpipe - A YouTube client without ads.
Libretube - Another YouTube client without ads.
Blood Pressure Monitor - Same thing as the diabetes, but great if you have high blood pressure you need to track.
ChordReader 2 - Get guitar chords to learn how to play songs.
Fennic - A web browser based on Firefox that's privacy oriented.
Red Moon - Makes looking at your phone easier on your eyes at night.
Everytime someone spills their seed outside the bonds of marriage God adds another raindrop to the inevitable flood that will wipe out humanity.
At least that's about what I remember being told in Subway school.
Patrick Mahomes, the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, is 6'2 at 225lbs. No way in hell is Far Donnie an inch taller and 10lbs lighter than any active NFL quarterback in history.
It was work in '04. I've since pivoted to IT. It's mostly safer.
First time I got shot my heart allegedly stopped for about a minute. My vision was getting blurry, I was getting dizzy, and I had a hard time breathing, but for the last few seconds or so of consciousness I lost all physical sensation. No pain, couldn't feel the wind, the deep in your chest vibration from all the shots around me, nothing. I thought I was paralyzed for a second, but then the lights went out. When I came to, I had been pulled back behind cover, and I felt like I was just waking up from a very deep sleep. Then the pain kicked back in almost immediately. I was told they lost my pulse for a bit. Maybe it did, maybe the hectic situation made it harder to find it, so maybe I didn't really die and just came close. Either way, I don't recommend it.
Same, except with raccoons.
It's so hard for me to remember this was a commercial because I just keep remembering the meme version of it.