I don’t play Stardew Valley that often or that much, but what I do play is delightful. It’s a pretty versatile game.

I’ll have to give that one a try!

With a 2025 release, is may not even come out for Switch, it may release on Switch 2/successor.

Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain. Quite a learning curve, but I loved the different ways you can win (conquest, trade, black ops) and how much you could customize your ships or pick unique races with tolerances for different planets.

Game strategy advice for a 30+ year old game? I love this so much, you guys are awesome.

omg YES. Nothing I have found since then has quite scratched the same itch of flying around with a friend on some random dude’s server. So much fun!

Puppy was going to me my suggestion too, before I read that you’d already used it. Maybe try some of the other versions? If you used a Debian- or Ubuntu-based Puppy, you could try a Slack-based one, or vice-versa. Puppy’s organization is a little confusing, in my opinion, but it does give a user some options. You also might try some of the “puplets” that aren’t official Puppy distros but are part of the Puppy family.

https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/family-tree.html

I had one of these plans for over a decade. It was fun while it lasted—I won’t be staying with the company after this.

Native support. 👍 I haven’t played it yet, but at this price I’ll give it a try.

I guess it’s your business, if you want your bar to lose money, that’s your choice.

It’s always been remarkable how much editorial independence student editors of law reviews have. Now we see universities betraying their free speech principles because power trumps ethics every time if it thinks it can get away with it.

Good point. As I understand it, the Cybertruck’s stock tires are not, in fact, a good tire choice.

https://jalopnik.com/cybertrucks-keep-getting-stuck-in-snow-1851148697

Who else watched this and thought of the jailbreak scene at the beginning of The Goonies?

https://youtu.be/Fh2AvpJTIrA?si=98vVWYEbQjx9gqzl&t=227

(Obligatory acknowledgement that “psychotic” is not an accurate description of what the study or journal article said, that was an erroneous description by Car & Driver. “Sociopathic” or “sadistic” might be more accurate, based on the study.)

I’m fine with this, particularly since you can just tick the box and still access them. Linux Mint is such a good gateway for new Linux users, it makes sense to hide unverified flatpaks until they understand the risks. Plenty of people (perhaps myself included) won’t ever need to worry about unverified flatpacks if their needs are simple and they don’t add much beyond the standard software.

In a similar vein, Joe Biden, who signed the TikTok ban into law, had already joined TikTok.

Let’s face it, the U.S. has not been consistent with respect to foreign-owned social media companies, and what it really needs to do is pass meaningful privacy protections. Instead, you get this nonsense.

tab grouping

Sure, okay.

vertical tabs

To each their own.

profile management

Whatever, it’s fine.

and local AI features

HOLLUP

Both are risking the lives and safety of the non-consenting public as they beta test 2-ton vehicles on public streets. Damn them both.

2014 phones also fit in my hand. I miss that size, you can’t even find them now.

I appreciate when ads say “Free to Play” up front so I know not to play it. (There may be a few exceptions here and there, but as a general rule, that has served me pretty well.)