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(Disclaimer: haven't read the article yet, definitely going to get to it later today.)

This is kind of thing where I am so torn between philosophy and pragmatism.

1. Morally, bodily autonomy is very important. Framing this as "right to repair for your own body" is a fascinating way of thinking about it, and makes a clear, ethical argument in favor or DIY medicine. And that's on top of the fact that we shouldn't have to rely on giant corporations for our health.
2. The potential consequences of this are terrifying, not just for misinformed people, but their children as well.

On a meta note, 404media continues to be the best subscription I've ever paid for.

Man, AnandTech came from the earlier type of Internet, where independent media outlets were fully in control of their own presence on the web. (E.g. they were not a YouTube channel.) Even though they weren't still independent for a while now (purchased by a publishing company in 2014), I'm sad to see one of the originals go.

I love when anti-progressive people "take a stand" against California by moving to Texas, and then they move to the most famously progressive city in Texas.

Austin: For those who are stupid enough to relocate based on culture war bullshit, but not stupid enough to think that you're hiring software developers and creatives out in the boonies.

This looks great. I was thinking about buying an Android ebook reader and a bluetooth keyboard in order to cobble together something like this for myself. But if this is less than the cost of an ebook reader by itself, that's even better.

Just charge them for bananas. 4011. Everything is bananas if it doesn't scan.

Do this as a temporary measure. We will code it properly later

I'm always blown away whenever someone says that they like some language or framework because it's "great for prototyping."

Like, what magical fairyland software company do you work at where your prototypes are not immediately put into production as soon as they kind of start to work?

I once had a job in an office building that was shared by several different businesses. One of them was an accounting firm that seemed like an incredibly boring place. And I swear, every time two guys from the accounting firm passed each other in the hallway, they had to say to each other, "You having fun yet?" or "Are ya workin' hard or hardly workin'?"

It must have been a requirement. Literally company policy. I heard it so many times in just a couple years, there's no other explanation. Like, if you didn't say it, the manager would ask to see you in his office, and he'd be like, "Hey Phil, someone tells me that you and Dave passed each other in the hallway, and neither of you said 'you having fun yet.' Now you know we like to have fun around here, and 'you having fun yet' is part of our company culture, so I'm gonna need you to make sure that you say 'you having fun yet.' It's for fun. And we like to have fun. It's mandatory."

Job: cashier. Not my current job, but definitely the one that racked up the most irritating quotes.

Customer: "Now, don't you try to double scan my items. I'm watching you."

I heard this one constantly when I was a cashier at a grocery store. At first I assumed that they were kidding. After all, it's such a stupid accusation to make. It was only after about 100 elderly people had said it while staring daggers at me that I realized they weren't kidding.

I assume there must have been a news report in the 1960s about store clerks charging you twice for an item and then taking the extra cash, and a certain kind of person had been paranoid about it ever since. Except this wasn't in the 1960s, it was the 2010s, and such a scam couldn't even work anymore. The cash register isn't just a lockbox like it was in the 60s, it's a computer and it knows exactly how much money should be in it. And if it has less than that in it when your shift ends, you're screwed.

Plus, you're paying with a credit card, Gertrude, how am I supposed to steal your shit when you're paying with a credit card?

I think the thing that made it so irritating was the fact that they are willing to whip out this assertive, domineering attitude at you based on information that hasn't been true for about forty freaking years. They have a mistrust of other people because they don't know how the world works anymore, yet they think they've outsmarted you.

Nice screenshot. One thing this game did get right from day 1 was the art style.

This might not be exactly what you're looking for, but Neon White is one of my favorite games of the last few years, and it's on the Switch. I played on PC, but I haven't seen any complaints about the Switch version.

I don't really know if I'd call if a first person shooter. It's more like a first person platformer and you have to shoot some targets before completing the level. Levels are very, very short, and you'll replay them many times to shave a fraction of a second off of your time.

Thank you! Was just about to ask if there were any suggestions for someone who had never played the original.

This may not work out the way I want it to, but I'm actually a little excited about these tech companies making a bunch of anti-consumer decisions all at once. So many mainstream users will be looking for alternatives, and it's going to provide a great opportunity for non-profit open source projects. It's already happening with the fediverse suddenly becoming a viable place for discussion in the last 1.5 years. After Windows Recall was announced, I've seen more people talking about switching to Linux than ever before. Part of me can't wait for unskippable Youtube ads.