I got an original Nintendo new for Christmas.

Amen! For a backwater world seems that every important event originates from that dusty rock.

I assume it has to do with the fact that along the equator it’s typically warmer and the equator runs through the northern part of South America. So if temperatures go up they’ll go up there first and head north south respectively. I don’t think they meant Souther Hemisphere as much as they mean Southern Mexico / South America.

That’s still a job that previously would have gone to a human.

Yes, but no. Cable didn’t used to let you watch all seasons of a specific show on any given day and time of your choosing.

It already does on my laptop. They also keep setting my default browser back to Edge. I don’t use my laptop much anymore and keeping up with the BS of having to disable stuff I don’t want running has become tiresome to the point where I don’t even want to use it.

I know, I know, something something install Linux! Question I have there is my laptop is a gaming laptop so my question to all you Linux folks is. Can I continue to game using Linux. Will it work with my Nvidia Graphics card and Steam. If so I might consider it.

Yes I use TikTok. I don’t watch short form content on any other platforms. I started on TikTok back in 2019. During the pandemic it was great. In the last year or so it’s become a lot more TikTok Store ads. Which I guess was inevitable for a free platform that doesn’t charge you to sign up or access it. Just like FB or Instagram they make their money off user data and ads. The only other problem I’ve had recently is it seems that they don’t serve up the content of the people I follow as much as they used to.

The TikTok Algorithm is very tailored to what you interact with. So to me it’s always very telling when people spout off what they see when they use TikTok. My For You Page (FYP) is all DIY, woodworking, funny dogs/cats, and married people humor. While my wife’s FYP is dancing, new music/bands, and other funny humor.

The only thing I’ve ever done on Amazon Games was link it to PSN so I would get periodic cash in GTAV online.

The greatest midnight launch I attended was GTAV for PS3 at GameStop. They hired a DJ and had it setup just outside the shop and they were spinning songs featured in GTA soundtracks across the series. There were tons of people queued up and the line wrapped around the store. Everyone just chatting about what they thought it would be like.

I swear I saw an article about someone whose tesla shorted out in the rain and they basically said you shouldn’t have gotten it wet.

When we called Customer Service about this they pretended like they didn’t know what we were talking about and wanted to know where we heard that information from.

Penny Arcade has been around forever so they have a deep backlog of gaming/nerd culture related comics.

Ted Faro wants to know your location.

Great point. I guess there’s maybe someone that doesn’t need internet in there home. But the average person these days can’t function without it.

I think what a lot of people forget is that what Streaming did was allow you to watch what you want when you wanted it. No need to TiVO it and worry about space. No need to pay a separate fee for OnDemand. Now I can choose to watch 6 seasons of a show day in and day out at the time I want.

It was inevitable that they would start to package streaming services together. It’s still better than old school cable. There’s always the High Seas for those that have the technical chops necessary for that.