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Well, I can kinda answer that: I've got a launch PS4 controller that I mostly use wired on my PC and it's fine.

If I use it wirelessly, it'll still get about 5-6 hours, which basically means after 13 years it's still right on spec for what it should be able to do.

Not really something that's probably worth worrying about unless you've got some absolutely shitty batteries.

(Hell, I've still got some PS3 controllers that'll do 3-4 hours, and they're freaking ancient at this point.)

No wildlife, unless you mean the swarm of spiders that were living in the piles of yard debris in my back yard.

Nearly 100 yard bags later, an enormous pile of branches that's like 8ft tall and 10ft long, and endless hours (seriously, easily 40 hours this week) and such later, my yard is no longer buried under 5 years of neglect and tree byproducts.

Now to make the raised planter beds, firepit, and outdoor seating I've wanted since I've moved in but haven't dont.

At least: I'm probably at 5x what the guns cost in training, ammo, gear, range fees, gas to and from the range (live in a city, so most local ranges don't exactly let you shoot 5.56) and so on.

Not the cheapest hobby if you're planning on actually serious about being able to use your guns if something makes that necessary.

That flushing sound you hear is me getting rid of the last Microsoft product* from my house.

(* Okay, so I've still technically got some DOS and Windows 3.1 and Win98 stuff, but I mean, it's not really spying on anyone.)

See, I've never liked that 'go back in time and tweak things to make a small change' line of thought. There's too many ways you can either make something worse happen (Trump gets drafted in Vietnam, but manages to spend the entire time as file clerk and comes back and now gets to hang the 'I'm a veteran!' flag on his hat) or it won't accomplish what you meant.

Basically, if you had a time machine and were trying to stop future events, there's really only one approach you should be considering.

That's the plan, basically. 1000 of 5.56, another 1000 of 9mm, but an absolutely stupid amount of .22LR for the Glock 44.

Shit's cheap, and fun to shoot, so I might as well just buy a truckfull of it.

Finally found time to take the AR-15 to the range and work with the instructor I've been using for the handguns.

Aaaaand while handguns are nice and all, this thing is the most fun I've had in a LONG time.

Of course I now have to scramble and decide how much ammo to buy before tariffs screw that up making this super costly (most of the cheap but not shit ammo is from SK, BR, and CZ, and even US-based stuff is made with materials from not-here).

But on the bright side, I finally got myself properly medicated, and holy shit is that fucking amazing. I've known I've had ADHD my whole life, but due the lovely bonus of also being bipolar and having a really really awful reaction to any sort of stimulant (even something mild like caffiene) it's always just kinda not been treated and ignored.

Yeah well, current pdoc wrote a script for guanfacine and it's like my whole brain suddenly just decided to make sense and behave itself. Stopped shit like leg twitches, and biting my nails, and running through crowds dodging people instead of walking a normal pace.

Also started finishing projects, being able to go to the store without a list and not forgetting a bunch of stuff, and generally just being a normal person.

Be careful, someone will be along shortly to tell you how horrible of a person you are for saying you don't think everyone on Reddit should move over.

(I agree, and would say that if we capture the good 5% of the Reddit user base and not the people who clearly have cognitive issues, we're going to have the best thing since uh, Reddit.)

I'm going go assume from your instance you're not American, but the big flaw in your logic is if you come after me with a pipe, I'm absolutely within my rights to put holes into you until you stop moving.

Vigalante justice is going to get the people who think they're "doing a good thing" killed, and with zero consequences to the pedos who shoot them.

Perhaps a more adult, informed, nuanced take is of use here?

You have to go at it the other way, now:

As someone of modest means, I fully support and endorse giving billoinaires more money. After all, if they don't have money, then what will trickle down to me?

Wait no that's still not funny at all.

I'm sorry, but is that porn or a Tinder profile?

Basically, think ChatGPT

....so I can get all the Pussy in Bio in one place now?

lot of people from the US with gas grid (which we don’t really have around here), is it really so that your Joe Average can’t tell the difference between 1kWh of heat produced by gas compared to electricity

Right, because for most people gas is metered and sold by the CCF, and not converted into kW at any point in the chain.

So I know i used 30ccf last month, but there's zero indication what that is in kW, because we usually don't convert between the meter (which is volumetric) and the billing, which could be anything but why bother?

Installed yes, but the OOBE that runs (assuming the OEM didn't fuck it up) is more or less the same as a retail install: you have to add the account, untick the 300 'yes, please spy on me' boxes, and tell it that you do not want office 14 times.

100% this.

If you did a venn diagram of 'Worst possible implementation' and 'What Mastodon Did' you'd just have a circle.

Don't let it connect to the wifi/internet?

I mean, sure, you have to do the SD card shuffle, but it'll guarantee you don't end up having to deal with this.

If you have a more advanced set of network hardware (which it doesn't sound like you do) you could add a firewall rule to block traffic from the LAN IP of the printer, or for something like Unifi, simply block internet access entirely. But, even then, if you screw it up now or in the future, surprise software updates will happen.

And they also had the turn-into-a-zombie plague event when Wrath launched, too.

As I recall, that mostly just made everyone rage because the assholes running around spreading it everywhere were just annoying the crap out of everyone and the general thought is they just needed to fuck off and find something else to do.

Or, basically, Covid.

CU and the lack of federal public funding for elections (by which I mean the state funds the campaigns of those who want federal offices) basically resulted in the US political class ending up fully in the pocket of the corporations.

That's what absolutely destroyed our ability to elect anyone other than what the corporate doners want, and thus you end up with nothing but corporate-friendly politicians, and thus a whole bunch of people who have no problem with facism and well, here we are.