Stardew Valley: 421 Soace Rangers HD: 375 Cities Skylines: 363
Felt like more at the time, for all three. Guess I didn't used to game as much as I do now. I've owned X4 for two weeks and I'm at 107 hours, so it's on pace to smash those numbers.
Those Viewsonic CRT monitors were amazing. I got one cheap from someone that was "upgrading". As if you could upgrade from a Viewsonic in the early 2000s. That thing was a beast. By far the largest and heaviest monitor I've ever had.
I remember when my parents offered to trade me their 32" Phillips-Magnavox for my puny little 27" because they were "trying to downsize". I felt so fuckin cool playing Max Payne and Fable on my original Xbox.
One time, I needed to convince my boss's boss that we needed to do something, and he wanted it in writing. Guess who wrote the proposal? And far more eloquently than I could have alone, in the time allowed. It required some good prompts, attentive proofreading, and a few drafts. But in the end, it was quite effective.
Not a drama, but I think Brooklyn 99 did a good job parodying that "pro-police no matter what" perspective. It's also just plain hilarious.
I remember, pre-wikileaks, when Glen Greenwald was left of center. Or at least that was my perspective at the time.
I enjoyed "It Takes Two" quite a bit. "A Way Out" is another co-op game from the same publisher that I've only heard good things about.
Who's paying for these "life skill workshops"? If it's parents, at least half those kids will never see a single workshop.
Seedbox providers are taking on the majority of the risk by providing the service. It's in their interest to keep quiet about it. If they're served with a legal request, they'll honor it, if it conforms to their local laws. But so will your ISP, who has no incentive to protect your information.
Also, just my opinion, but I think seedbox operators tend to be people who are doing the same things their customers are.
Every conservative in your office is a self-serving prick. Same as anywhere.
I love that this is supported but it's not for me. Can I turn it off?
There are some very cheap VPNs out there. Get a year long deal on Slickdeals, or a similar site. Come renewal time , switch providers and got another discounted subscription for the following year. VPN providers fall all over themselves trying to lure you away from your current provider.
Or, even better, get a seedbox. Many of those even offer VPNs at no additional cost. So you get the insulation of never torrenting on your home connection, and a "free" VPN, that isn't shared with a million other people, for things like watching foreign streaming services or just plain increased privacy.
it's worth the download time to kick it up a notch to 1080
In general? Yes, 100%. For cartoons on a small screen? Debatable.
I watch some shows I've aquired here and there on Plex. And a bit of Youtube. But most of my time in front of a screen is spent either working or playing games. I've spent years ridding my life of advertising and I cant stand even 10-minutes of watching cable or broadcast TV.
0.5 liter of vodka? What were they supposed to do the other 29 days of the month?
Looks to me like they were trying to get it down narrow stairs into a finished basement. I've been in the same situation many a time. This is solvable, though still a pain in the ass even when you get it just right.
I'd still be on the Pixel 5a 5G if it wasn't for the screen dying (a common issue with that model). I loved that phone. In battery saver mode it would last 3-4 days with light use.
I'm building my own NAS. I've put together gaming PCs and simple workstations, but this will be my first foray into "the big leagues". At this point, I'm planning to use Unraid because it seems quite beginner friendly. I'm not a linux newbie, but I'm no sysadmin either. The thing that's making me question my choice is that I dont plan to take advantage of Unraid's killer feature; the abilty to add any size disk into your array. I've already got as many disks as the case will hold (8 x 12TB). When the inevitable day comes that I need more storage, I'll probably just build a second machine.
I've also looked at TrueNAS Scale a bit, and it seems approachable, but perhaps more capable than I really need. I do plan to run a number of containerized apps, but don't expect I'll need to run any VMs very often. I'm also not sure how I feel about ZFS. I read so many conflicting opinions. So, I haven't decided on a file system yet either.
My primary use cases are: media server, storage server, and homelab playground. I want to self-host as many things as possible so I can stop depending so heavily on enshittifying cloud services. I know I can look a lot of this stuff up And I have been reading whatever I can find. But much of what I've learned in recent months has been a direct result of reading this sub, so I'd love to tap into the knowledge found here.